1 Corinthians 6

1 Dar any of you that hath a cause ayens another, be demed at wickid men, and not at hooli men?

When any of you have a dispute against another, do yoʋ dare to go to court before the unrighteous and not before the saints?

2 Whether ye witen not, that seyntis schulen deme of this world? And if the world schal be demed bi you, be ye vnworthi to deme of the leste thingis?

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

3 Witen ye not, that we schulen deme aungels? hou myche more worldli thingis?

Do you not know that we will judge angels, not to mention matters of this life?

4 Therfor if ye han worldli domes, ordeyne ye tho contemptible men, that ben in the chirche, to deme.

If then you have disputes about such matters, do you seat as judges those who have no standing in the church?

5 Y seie to make you aschamed. So ther is not ony wise man, that may deme bitwixe a brothir and his brothir;

I say this to your shame. Is there not a wise man among you, not even one, who would be able to decide between a man and his brother,

6 but a brothir with brothir stryueth in dom, and that among vnfeithful men.

but one brother goes to court against another, and they do so before unbelievers?

7 And now trespas is algatis in you, for ye han domes among you. Whi rather take ye no wrong? whi rather suffre ye not disseit?

As it is, to have lawsuits with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

8 But and ye doen wrong, and doen fraude, and that to britheren.

But you yourselves wrong, and you yourselves defraud, and you do these things to your own brothers!

9 Whether ye witen not, that wickid men schulen not welde the kyngdom of God? Nyle ye erre; nethir letchours, nether men that seruen mawmetis, nether auouteris,

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,

10 nether letchouris ayen kynde, nether thei that doon letcheri with men, nether theues, nether auerouse men, nethir `ful of drunkenesse, nether curseris, nether rauenours, schulen welde the kyngdom of God.

nor the greedy, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And ye weren sum tyme these thingis; but ye ben waischun, but ye ben halewid, but ye ben iustefied in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and in the spirit of oure God.

And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

12 Alle thingis ben leeueful to me, but not alle thingis ben spedeful. Alle thingis ben leeueful to me, but Y schal not be brouyt doun vndur ony mannus power.

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

13 Mete to the wombe, and the wombe to metis; and God schal distruye bothe this and that. And the bodi not to fornycacioun, but to the Lord, and the Lord to the bodi.

Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will do away with them both. The body is not meant for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

14 For God reiside the Lord, and schal reise vs bi his vertu.

Now God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.

15 Witen ye not, that youre bodies ben membris of Crist? Schal Y thanne take the membris of Crist, and schal Y make the membris of an hoore? God forbede.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Certainly not!

16 Whether ye witen not, that he that cleueth to an hoore, is maad o bodi? For he seith, Ther schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.

Do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one with her in body? For it says, “The two will become one flesh.”

17 And he that cleueth to the Lord, is o spirit.

But he who is joined to the Lord is one with him in spirit.

18 Fle ye fornycacioun; al synne what euere synne a man doith, is with out the bodi; but he that doith fornycacioun, synneth ayens his bodi.

Flee fornication. Every other sin that a person commits is outside the body, but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.

19 Whether ye witen not, that youre membris ben the temple of the Hooli Goost, that is in you, whom ye han of God, and ye ben not youre owne?

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own,

20 For ye ben bouyt with greet prijs. Glorifie ye, and bere ye God in youre bodi.

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God with your body and with your spirit, which belong to God.