1 Corinthians 6

1 Dare any one of you, having a matter against another, prosecute his suit before the unjust, and not before the saints?

How can anyone of you who has a dispute with another dare to have it judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

2 Do ye not then know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of [the] smallest judgments?

Do you not know that the saints are to be judging the world? So if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to judge the smallest matters?

3 Do ye not know that we shall judge angels? and not then matters of this life?

Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!

4 If then ye have judgments as to things of this life, set those [to judge] who are little esteemed in the assembly.

Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, appoint those who are least esteemed in the congregation to judge!

5 I speak to you [to put you] to shame. Thus there is not a wise person among you, not even one, who shall be able to decide between his brethren!

I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is not a single wise man among you who would be competent to judge between a man and his brother?

6 But brother prosecutes his suit with brother, and that before unbelievers.

Instead, brother goes to law against brother, and this before unbelievers!

7 Already indeed then it is altogether a fault in you that ye have suits between yourselves. Why do ye not rather suffer wrong? why are ye not rather defrauded?

Actually, the very fact that you have lawsuits among you already represents a defeat for you. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why not rather accept being cheated?

8 But ye do wrong, and defraud, and this [your] brethren.

No, you yourselves do the wronging and cheating, and to brothers!

9 Do ye not know that unrighteous [persons] shall not inherit [the] kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men,

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor sodomites,

10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor [the] rapacious, shall inherit [the] kingdom of God.

nor the greedy, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the abusive, nor swindlers can inherit the Kingdom of God, absolutely.

11 And these things were some of you; but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

And that is what some of you were; but you were bathed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

12 All things are lawful to me, but all things do not profit; all things are lawful to me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

All things are ‘permissible’ for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are ‘permissible’ for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats; but God will bring to nothing both it and them: but the body [is] not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

14 And God has both raised up the Lord, and will raise us up from among [the dead] by his power.

Further, God both raised up the Lord and will also raise up us by His power.

15 Do ye not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then, taking the members of the Christ, make [them] members of a harlot? Far be the thought.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Not ever!

16 Do ye not know that he [that is] joined to the harlot is one body? for the two, he says, shall be one flesh.

Can you not know that the one who joins himself with a prostitute is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “will become one flesh.”

17 But he that [is] joined to the Lord is one Spirit.

But he who is joined with the Lord is one spirit with Him.

18 Flee fornication. Every sin which a man may practise is without the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.

Flee from fornication! Every sin that a man may commit is outside the body, but he who fornicates sins against his own body.

19 Do ye not know that your body is [the] temple of the Holy Spirit which [is] in you, which ye have of God; and ye are not your own?

Do you not know that your bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

20 for ye have been bought with a price: glorify now then God in your body.

Because you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.