1 Corinthians 6

Do Not Sue the Brethren

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the ^asaints? 2 Do you not know that ^athe saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Do you not know that we shall ^ajudge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life? 4 If then you have ¹judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge? 5 I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren? 6 But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers!
7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. ^aWhy do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated? 8 No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren! 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. ^aNeither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor ¹homosexuals, nor ²sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were ^asome of you. ^bBut you were washed, but you were ¹sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

Glorify God in Body and Spirit

12 ^aAll things are lawful for me, but all things are not ¹helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of ²any. 13 ^aFoods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for ^bsexual immorality but ^cfor the Lord, ^dand the Lord for the body. 14 And ^aGod both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up ^bby His power.
15 Do you not know that ^ayour bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For ^a“the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” 17 ^aBut he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
18 ^aFlee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins ^bagainst his own body. 19 Or ^ado you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, ^band you are not your own? 20 For ^ayou were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body ¹and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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