ᎪᎵᏂᏗᏱ ᎠᏁᎯ ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᎨᎪᏪᎳᏁᎸᎯ 6

1 ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎢᏤᎲ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏳᎭ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎤᏰᎢᎵᏓᏍᏙᏗ, ᏰᎵᏉᏍᎪ ᏂᏚᏳᎪᏛᎾ ᎢᏯᎾᏛᏁᎯ ᏚᏃᎸ ᏱᏕᏣᏓᏰᎢᎵᏓ, ᎥᏝᏃ ᎤᎾᏓᏅᏘ ᏚᏃᎸᎢ?

Can it be that, when one of you has a dispute with another, he dares to have his case tried before the heathen, instead of before Christ’s People?

2 ᏝᏍᎪ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᎤᎾᏓᏅᏘ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏧᏄᎪᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ? ᎢᏳᏃ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏗᏧᎪᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᏝᏍᎪ ᏰᎵ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎧᏂ ᎨᏒ ᏗᎨᏧᎪᏙᏗ ᏱᎩ?

Do not you know that Christ’s People will try the world? And if the world is to be tried by you, are you unfit to try the most trivial cases?

3 ᏝᏍᎪ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᏗᏂᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᏗᎨᏚᎪᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ? ᎥᏝᏍᎪᏃ ᏰᎵ ᏱᏙᎨᏚᎪᏓ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎪᎯᏉ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ?

Do not you know that we are to try angels — to say nothing of the affairs of this life?

4 ᎢᏳᏃ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏱᏥᎭ ᏗᎫᎪᏙᏗ ᎪᎯᏉ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏕᏥᎧᎲᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᏧᏄᎪᏙᏗᏱ ᎡᏍᎦ ᎢᏴᏛ ᎨᏥᏰᎸᎢ ᎾᎿᎭᎢᏣᏓᏡᎬᎢ.

Why, then, if you have cases relating to the affairs of this life, do you set to try them men who carry no weight with the Church? To your shame I ask it.

5 ᎢᏣᏕᎰᎯᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᏥᏪᎠ. ᎰᏩᏍᎪ ᎥᏝ ᏰᎭ ᏂᏣᏛᏅ ᏌᏉᎤᏅ ᎠᎦᏔᎿᎭᎢ ᏰᎵ ᏗᎬᏭᎪᏓᏁᏗ ᎠᏁᎵᏅᏟ ᏓᎾᏓᏰᎢᎵᏙᎲᎢ?

Can it be that there is not one man among you wise enough to decide between two of his Brothers?

6 ᎠᎾᎵᏅᏟᏍᎩᏂ ᏓᎾᏓᏰᎢᎵᏙᎭ ᎤᏅᏒ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏚᏃᎸ ᏄᏃᎯᏳᏒᎾ.

Must Brother go to law with Brother, and that, too, before unbelievers?

7 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᎬᏂᎨᏒᎢᏳ ᎤᏣᏘᏂ ᏂᏣᏛᏁᎲᎢ, ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎢᏨᏒᏉ ᏕᏣᏓᏰᎢᎵᏙᎲᎢ. ᎦᏙᏃ ᎤᏟ ᎣᏏᏳ ᏂᏥᏰᎸᏍᎬᎾ ᏥᎩ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏰᏨᏁᏗᏱ? ᎦᏙᏃ ᎤᏟ ᎣᏏᏳ ᏂᏥᏰᎸᏍᎬᎾ ᏥᎩ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ ᎡᏥᎩᎡᏗᏱ?

To begin with, it is undoubtedly a loss to you to have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather let yourselves be wronged? Why not rather let yourselves be cheated?

8 ᎤᏣᏘᏂᏍᎩᏂ ᏂᏣᏛᏁᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ ᏕᏥᎩᎡᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏣᎵᏅᏟ.

Instead of this, you wrong and cheat others yourselves — yes, even your Brothers!

9 ᏝᏍᎪ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᏚᏳᎪᏛᎾ ᎢᏯᎾᏛᏁᎯ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎪᎯ? ᏞᏍᏗ ᎢᏥᎵᏓᏍᏔᏅᎩ; ᎾᏍᏉ ᎤᏕᎵᏛ ᏗᎾᏂᏏᎲᏍᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᏰᎸᎯ ᏗᎾᏓᏙᎵᏍᏓᏁᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᏗᎾᏓᏲᏁᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᏗᎨᏥᏰᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯᏉ ᏗᏂᏐᏢᏗᏍᎩ,

Do not you know that wrong-doers will have no share in God’s Kingdom? Do not be deceived. No one who is immoral, or an idolater, or an adulterer, or licentious, or a sodomite,

10 ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏃᏍᎩᏍᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᎬᎥᏍᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᏂᏴᏍᏕᏍᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᎾᏓᏐᎮᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎶᏒᏍᏗ ᎠᎾᏓᎩᎡᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎥᏝ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᏱᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎪᎯ.

or a thief, or covetous, or a drunkard, or abusive, or grasping, will have any share in God’s Kingdom.

11 ᎠᎴ ᎢᎦᏛ ᏂᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᏣᏍᏛᎩ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎡᏦᏑᎴᎥᎯ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎢᏣᏓᏅᏘ ᎢᏰᏨᏁᎸᎯ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎡᏧᏓᎴᏛ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏌ ᏚᏙᏍᏛᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎬᏔᏅᎯ ᎢᎦᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏓᏅᏙ.

Such some of you used to be; but you washed yourselves clean. You became Christ’s People! you were pronounced righteous through the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the Spirit of our God!

12 ᏂᎦᎥ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᎥᏇᎵᏎᎸ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᏂᎦᏗᏳ ᎬᏩᏓᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᏱᎩ; ᏂᎦᎥ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᎥᏇᎵᏎᎸ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎠᎩᎾᏝᎢ ᏱᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ.

Everything is allowable for me! Yes, but everything is not profitable. Everything is allowable for me! Yes, but for my part, I will not let myself be enslaved by anything.

13 ᎠᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ ᎤᏍᏉᎵᏱ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᎪᏢᏅᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏍᏉᎵᏱ ᎠᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᎪᏢᏅᎯ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏙᏛᏛᏔᏂ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎤᏍᏉᎵᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ. ᎠᏰᎸᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎤᏕᎵᏛ ᏗᏂᏏᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᎪᏢᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ, ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᎪᏢᏅᎯ; ᎠᎴ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ ᎠᎵᏍᎪᎸᏔᏅᎯ.

Food exists for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God will put an end to both the one and the other. The body, however, exists, not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

14 ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏕᎤᎴᏔᏅ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎠᏴ ᏙᏓᎦᎴᏔᏂ ᏓᎬᏔᏂ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎤᎵᏂᎩᏗᏳ ᎨᏒᎢ.

and, as God has raised the Lord, so he will raise up us also by the exercise of his power.

15 ᏝᏍᎪ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎯ ᏗᏥᏰᎸ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏚᏓᏕᏫᏍᏛᎢ? ᏥᎪᏃ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎤᏚᏓᏕᏫᏒ ᏙᏓᏥᏯᏅᎯ, ᎤᏁᎫᏥᏛᏃ ᎠᎨᏴ ᏧᎾᏚᏓᏕᏫᏍᏙᏗ ᏅᏓᎦᏥᏴᏁᎵ? ᎬᏩᏟᏍᏗ!

Do not you know that your bodies are Christ’s members? Am I, then, to take the members that belong to the Christ and make them the members of a prostitute? Heaven forbid!

16 ᏝᏉᏍᎪ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎩᎶ ᎤᏁᎫᏥᏛ ᏥᏚᎾᏚᏓᏙ ᏌᏉᏉ ᎠᏂᏰᎸ ᎨᏒᎢ? ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᏂᎦᏪᎭ, ᎠᏂᏔᎵ ᏌᏉᏉ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎤᏂᏇᏓᎸᎢ.

Or do not you know that a man who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body (for ‘the two,’ it is said, ‘will become one’);

17 ᎩᎶᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏥᏚᎾᏚᏓᏙᎢ ᏌᏉᏉ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎾᎾᎵᏍᏗᏍᎪᎢ.

while a man who is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit?

18 ᎡᏣᎵᏗᏏ ᎤᏕᎵᏛ ᏗᏂᏏᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ. ᏂᎦᎥ ᏴᏫ ᎠᏍᎦᏅᎬ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏂᎬᏁᎲᎾ ᎨᏐ ᎠᏰᎸᎢ; ᎩᎶᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏕᎵᏛ ᏥᏓᏂᏏᎲᏍᎪ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎠᏰᎸ ᎠᏍᎦᏅᏤᎰᎢ.

Shun all immorality. Every other sin that men commit is something outside the body; but an immoral man sins against his own body.

19 ᏝᏉᏍᎪ ᏱᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏥᏰᎸ ᎦᏁᎸ ᎨᏒ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏥᏯᎠ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎢᏥᏁᎸᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎯ ᎢᏨᏒ ᎢᏣᏓᏤᎵ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ?

Again, do not you know that your body is a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you – the Spirit which you have from God?

20 ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗᏰᏃ ᎡᏥᏩᎯᏍᏔᏅᎯ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎡᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎢᏥᏰᎸ ᎢᏨᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᎠᎴ ᏗᏣᏓᏅᏙ ᏕᏨᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏧᏤᎵ ᏥᎩ.

Moreover, you are not your own masters; you were bought, and the price was paid. Therefore, honour God in your bodies.