1 Corinthians 6

Lawsuits among Believers

6If any of you has a legal dispute against another, do you dare go to court ^wbefore the unrighteous, ^xand 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 smallest cases? ³Don’t you know that we will judge angels—not to mention ordinary matters? ⁴So if you have cases pertaining to this life, do you select those ^ywho have no standing ^zin the church to judge? ⁵I say this to your shame! ^aCan it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between his brothers? ^b6Instead, believer ^cgoes to court against believer, and that before unbelievers! ^d

⁷Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you. ^eWhy not rather put up with injustice? ^fWhy not rather be cheated? ^g8Instead, you act unjustly and cheat—and you do this to believers! ⁹Don’t you know that the unrighteous ^hwill not inherit God’s kingdom? ⁱDo not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, ^jadulterers, ^kor anyone practicing homosexuality, ^lm10no thieves, ⁿgreedy ^opeople, drunkards, verbally abusive people, ^por swindlers ^qwill inherit God’s kingdom. ¹¹And some of you used to be like this. ^rBut you were washed, you were sanctified, ^syou 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 ^tfor me,” ^ubut not everything is helpful. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be brought under the control of anything. ¹³“Food ^vfor the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will do away with both of them. ^wThe body is not for sexual immorality ^xbut for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. ^y15Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? ^zSo 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. ^ab17But anyone joined ^cto the Lord is one spirit ^dwith Him.

¹⁸Run ^efrom sexual immorality! “Every sin a person can commit is outside the body.” ^fOn the contrary, the person who is sexually immoral ^gsins against his own body. ¹⁹Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary ^hof the Holy Spirit ⁱwho is in you, ^jwhom you have from God? You are not your own, ²⁰for you were bought ^kat a price. Therefore glorify God in your body. ^l