1 Corinthians 5–6

5It is reported ^acommonly that there is ^aafornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as ^bnamed among the Gentiles, ^cthat one should have his ^dfather’s wife. ²And ye are ^epuffed up, and have not rather ^fmourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. ³For I verily, as ^gabsent in body, but present in spirit, have ^||judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, ⁴In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, ^gand my spirit, ^hwith the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁵ⁱTo deliver such an one unto ^kSatan for the destruction of the flesh, ^lthat the spirit may be saved in ^mthe day of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ⁿYour glorying is not good. Know ye not that ^oa little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? ⁷Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even ^pChrist our passover ^||is sacrificed for us: ⁸Therefore ^qlet us keep ^||the feast, ^qnot with old leaven, neither with ^othe leaven of ^rmalice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of ^ssincerity and truth.

⁹I wrote unto you in ^tan epistle not to company with fornicators: ^10uYet not altogether with the fornicators ^wof this world, or with ^xythe covetous, or ^yzextortioners, or with ^yidolaters; for then must ^zzye needs go out of the world. ¹¹But ^tnow I have written unto you not to keep company, ^aif any man that is called a brother be a ^tfornicator, or ^ycovetous, or an ^yidolater, or a ^brailer, or a ^cdrunkard, or an ^yextortioner; with such an one no not to eat. ¹²For what have I to do to judge ^dthem also that are without? do not ye judge ^ethem that are within? ¹³But ^dthem that are without God judgeth. Therefore ^fput away from among yourselves that wicked person.

6Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and ^anot before the saints? ²Do ye not know that ^bthe saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? ³Know ye not that we shall ^cjudge angels? how much more things ^dthat pertain to this life? ⁴If then ye have judgments of things ^dpertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. ^5eI speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to ^fjudge between his brethren? ⁶But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. ⁷Now therefore there is ^gutterly a ^hfault among you, because ye go to law one with another. ⁱWhy do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? ⁸Nay, ye do wrong, ^jand defraud, and that your brethren. ⁹Know ye not that the unrighteous ^kshall not inherit the kingdom of God? ^lBe not deceived: ^kneither ^mnofornicators, nor ^oidolaters, nor ⁿadulterers, nor effeminate, nor ^mpabusers of themselves with mankind, ^10kNor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹And such were ^qsome of you: but ^rye are washed, but ^sye are sanctified, but ^tye are justified ^uin the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

^12xAll things are lawful unto me, ^xbut all things are not ^||expedient: ^xall things are lawful for me, but I will not be ^ybrought under the power of any. ^13zMeats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but ^afor the Lord; and ^bthe Lord for the body. ¹⁴And ^cGod hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us ^dby his own power. ¹⁵Know ye not that ^eyour bodies are ^bthe members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? ^fGod forbid. ¹⁶What? know ye not that he which is ^gjoined to an harlot is one body? for ^htwo, saith he, shall be one flesh. ¹⁷But ⁱhe that is ^gjoined unto the Lord is one spirit. ^18kFlee ^lfornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth ^magainst his own body. ¹⁹What? know ye not that ⁿyour body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ^boye are not your own? ²⁰For ^pye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, ^bwhich are God’s.