1 Corinthians 6

Do Not Sue the Brethren

6Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the ^asaints? ²Do you not know that ^bthe saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? ³Do you not know that we shall ^cjudge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life? ⁴If then you have ¹judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge? ⁵I 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? ⁶But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers!

⁷Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. ^dWhy do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated? ⁸No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren! ⁹Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. ^eNeither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor ²homosexuals, nor ³sodomites, ¹⁰nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹And such were ^fsome of you. ^gBut you were washed, but you were ⁴sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

Glorify God in Body and Spirit

^12hAll things are lawful for me, but all things are not ⁵helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of ⁶any. ¹³ⁱFoods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for ^jsexual immorality but ^kfor the Lord, ^land the Lord for the body. ¹⁴And ^mGod both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up ⁿby His power.

¹⁵Do you not know that ^oyour bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! ¹⁶Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For ^p“the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” ^17qBut he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.

^18rFlee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins ^sagainst his own body. ¹⁹Or ^tdo you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, ^uand you are not your own? ²⁰For ^vyou were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body ⁷and in your spirit, which are God’s.