CHAPTER 6
If any
of you
has
a grievance
against
another,
how dare
he go to law
before
the
unrighteous
instead of
before
the
saints!
Do you not know
that
the
saints
will judge
the
world?
And
if
you
are to judge
the
world,
are you not competent
to judge trivial
cases?
So
if
you need
to settle
everyday matters,
do you appoint as judges
those
of no standing
in
the
church?
I say this
to your
shame.
Is there
really
no
one
among
you
wise enough
to arbitrate
between
his
brothers?
The very fact that
you have
lawsuits
among
you
means
you
are thoroughly
defeated
already.
Why
not
rather
be wronged?
Why
not
rather
be cheated?
Do you not know
that
the wicked
will not inherit
the kingdom
of God?
Do not
be deceived:
Neither
the sexually immoral,
nor
idolaters,
nor
adulterers,
nor
men who submit to
or
perform homosexual acts,
nor
thieves,
nor
the greedy,
nor
drunkards,
nor
verbal abusers,
nor
swindlers,
will inherit
the kingdom
of God.
And
that is what
some of
you were.
But
you were washed,
you were sanctified,
you were justified,
in
the
name
of the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
by
the
Spirit
of
our
God.
“Everything
is permissible
for me,”
but
not
everything
is beneficial.
“Everything
is permissible
for me,”
but
I
will not be mastered
by
anything.
“Food
for the
stomach
and
the
stomach
for food,”
but
God
will destroy
them
both.
The
body is
not intended
for sexual immorality,
but
for the
Lord,
and
the
Lord
for the
body.
Do you not know
that
your
bodies
are
members
of Christ?
Shall I then take
the
members
of Christ
and unite them
with a prostitute?
Never!
Or
don’t you know
that
he who
unites himself
with a prostitute
is
one with her
in body?
For
it is said,
“The
two
will become
one
flesh.”
Flee from
sexual immorality.
Every other
sin
a man
can commit
is
outside
his
body,
but
he who
sins sexually
sins
against
his
own
body.
Do you not know
that
your
body
is
a temple
of the
Holy
Spirit
who is in
you,
whom
you have received
from
God?
You are
not
your own;