1 Corinthians 6
6
Judging Problems Among Christians
1When one of you has something against a brother in Christ, why do you go to the judges in the law courts? Those people are not right with God. So why do you let them decide who is right? You should be ashamed! Why do you not let God’s people decide who is right? 2Surely you know that God’s people will judge the world. So if you are to judge the world, then surely you are able to judge small things as well. 3You know that in the future we will judge angels. So surely we can judge things in this life. 4So if you have disagreements that must be judged, why do you take them to those who are not part of the church? They mean nothing to the church. 5I say this to shame you. Surely there is someone among you wise enough to judge a complaint between two brothers in Christ. 6But now one brother goes to court against another brother. And you let men who are not believers judge their case!
7The lawsuits that you have against each other show that you are already defeated. It would be better for you to let someone wrong you! It would be better for you to let someone cheat you! 8But you yourselves do wrong and cheat! And you do this to your own brothers in Christ!
9-10Surely you know that the people who do wrong will not receive God’s kingdom. Do not be fooled. These people will not receive God’s kingdom: those who are sexually immoral, or worship idols, or take part in adultery, or men who have physical relations with other men, or steal, or are selfish, or get drunk, or lie about others, or cheat. 11In the past, some of you were like that. But you were washed clean. You were made holy. And you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Use Your Bodies for God’s Glory
12“I am allowed to do all things.” But not all things are good for me to do. “I am allowed to do all things.” But I must not do those things that will make me their slave. 13“Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food.” Yes. But God will destroy them both. The body is not for sexual immorality. The body is for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. 14By God’s power God raised the Lord Jesus from death. And God will also raise us from death. 15Surely you know that your bodies are parts of Christ himself. So I must never take parts of Christ and join them to a prostitute! 16It is written in the Scriptures, “The two people will become one body.”# Quotation from Genesis 2:24. So you should know that a man who joins himself with a prostitute becomes one with her in body. 17But the one who joins himself with the Lord is one with the Lord in spirit.
18So run away from sexual immorality. Every other sin that a person does is outside the body. But those who are sexually immoral sin against their own bodies. 19You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is in you. You have received the Holy Spirit from God. You do not own yourselves. 20You were bought by God for a price. So honor God with your bodies.
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1 Corinthians 6
6
Lawsuits among Believers
1If any of you has a dispute against another, how dare you take it to court#Mt 18:15–17 before the unrighteous,#6:1 Unbelievers; v. 6 and not before the saints? 2Or don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the trivial cases? 3Don’t you know that we will judge angels — how much more matters of this life? 4So if you have such matters, do you appoint as your judges those who have no standing#Lk 18:9 in the church? 5I say this to your shame!#1Co 4:14 Can it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between fellow believers?#Ac 9:30 6Instead, brother goes to court against brother, and that before unbelievers!#Lk 12:46
7As it is, to have legal disputes against one another is already a defeat for you.#Rm 11:12 Why not rather be wronged?#Rv 2:11 Why not rather be cheated?#Mk 10:19 8Instead, you yourselves do wrong and cheat — and you do this to brothers and sisters! 9Don’t you know that the unrighteous#Lk 16:10 will not inherit God’s kingdom?#Mk 1:15; Ac 20:25 Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters,#Eph 5:5 adulterers,#Lk 18:11 or males who have sex with males,#6:9 Both passive and active participants in homosexual acts#Gn 19:5 10no thieves,#Jn 10:1 greedy#Eph 5:5 people, drunkards, verbally abusive people,#1Co 5:11 or swindlers#Lk 18:11 will inherit God’s kingdom. 11And some of you used to be like this.#Eph 2:2–3; 4:22; 5:8; Ti 3:3 But you were washed, you were sanctified,#Lk 11:2 you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Glorifying God in Body and Spirit
12“Everything is permissible#Jn 18:31 for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything. 13“Food#1Tm 6:8 is for the stomach and the stomach for food,” and God will do away with both of them. However, the body is not for sexual immorality#1Th 4:3 but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.#Mk 5:30; Lk 1:35; 6:19; Ac 19:11; 2Co 13:4; Rv 11:17 15Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body?#Rm 12:5; 1Co 12:27; Eph 5:30 So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not! 16Don’t you know that anyone joined to a prostitute is one body with her? For Scripture says, The two will become one flesh.#6:16Gn 2:24#Gn 2:24 17But anyone joined#Jn 11:52 to the Lord is one spirit#Ps 51:12 with him.
18Flee#Jms 4:7 sexual immorality! Every other sin#6:18 Lit Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the person who is sexually immoral#1Co 10:8 sins against his own body. 19Don’t you know that your body is a temple#Lk 1:21 of the Holy Spirit#Rm 8:9,23; 1Co 7:40; 2Co 4:13; Jd 19 who is in you,#Jms 4:5; 1Jn 4:4 whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20for you were bought#2Pt 2:1 at a price. So glorify God with your body.#6:20 Other mss add and in your spirit, which belong to God.
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