1 Korinthierbrevet 6
1 Huru kan någon av eder taga sig för, att när han har sak med en annan, gå till rätta icke inför de heliga, utan inför de orättfärdiga?
[Now another matter]: When any of you [believers] accuses another believer about some matter, he takes that matter to judges who are not believers, [for them to decide the case], instead of asking God’s people [to decide it]. (That is disgusting!/Why do you do that?) [RHQ]
2 Veten I då icke att de heliga skola döma världen? Men om nu I skolen sitta till doms över världen, ären I då icke goda nog att döma i helt ringa mål?
[I want] you to know that [we who are] God’s people will [some day] judge those who are unbelievers. [RHQ] So, since you will be judging unbelievers, you certainly are capable of judging between [believers who disagree on] small matters! [RHQ]
3 I veten ju att vi skola döma änglar; huru mycket mer böra vi icke då kunna döma i timliga ting?
(You should keep in mind that we will even judge angels!/Do you not know that we will even judge angels?) [RHQ] So we certainly should be able to judge about [matters that relate to how we] conduct our lives here on earth!
4 Och likväl, när I nu haven före något mål som gäller sådana ting, sätten I till domare just dem som äro ringa aktade i församlingen!
Therefore, when you [believers] have a dispute, you should certainly not choose as judges [to decide your case] people whom the congregation cannot respect [because those judges are not believers]! [RHQ]
5 Eder till blygd säger jag detta. Är det då så omöjligt att bland eder finna någon vis man, som kan bliva skiljedomare mellan sina bröder?
I am saying this to make you ashamed. Surely there is someone among you who is wise enough to judge disputes between believers! [RHQ]
6 Måste i stället den ene brodern gå till rätta med den andre, och det inför de otrogna?
But instead, some believers [among you] accuse other believers in a legal court. And what is worse, you let the cases be judged by unbelievers {unbelievers judge the cases}!
7 Överhuvud är redan det en brist hos eder, att I gån till rätta med varandra. Varför liden I icke hellre orätt? Varför låten I icke hellre andra göra eder skada?
The fact that you have any lawsuits among you [shows that] you have completely failed [as Christians] (OR, [allowed Satan to] defeat you). You should [allow other believers] to wrong you [without taking them to court!]! [RHQ] You should not accuse them when [they] cheat you! [RHQ]
8 I stället gören I nu själva orätt och skada, och detta mot bröder.
But [what is happening is that] some of you are cheating others and doing wrong to them. [That is bad]. But you are doing that to fellow believers, [and that is worse]!
9 Veten I då icke att de orättfärdiga icke skola få Guds rike till arvedel? Faren icke vilse. Varken otuktiga människor eller avgudadyrkare eller äktenskapsbrytare, varken de som låta bruka sig till synd mot naturen eller de som själva öva sådan synd,
(You should keep in mind that wicked people will not become [members of] the group over whom God will rule./Do you not know that wicked people will not become [members of] the group over whom God will rule?) [RHQ] Do not be deceived {Do not deceive yourselves} [by thinking wrongly about these matters]. People who are sexually immoral, or who worship idols, or who (commit adultery/have sex with someone to whom they are not married), or who happily allow others to commit homosexual acts with them, or who take the initiative in committing homosexual acts,
10 varken tjuvar eller giriga eller drinkare eller smädare eller roffare skola få Guds rike till arvedel.
or who are thieves, or who desire and forcefully seize things that belong to others, or who are drunkards, or who slander others, or who are swindlers, will not enter the place where God rules.
11 Sådana voro ock somliga bland eder, men I haven låtit två eder rena, I haven blivit helgade, I haven blivit rättfärdiggjorda i Herrens, Jesu Kristi, namn och i vår Guds Ande.
Some of you previously did things like that. But [God] has freed/cleansed you [MET] [from your sinful behavior]. [He] has set you apart for himself. [He] has erased the record of your sins [because you trusted] [MTY] in the Lord Jesus Christ and because of what the Spirit of our God [has done for you].
12 "Allt är mig lovligt"; ja, men icke allt är nyttigt. "Allt är mig lovligt"; ja, men jag bör icke låta något få makt över mig.
[Some of you may say], “God allows us to do anything [that he does not forbid].” But [I would reply], “[That is true], but not everything that God permits us to do helps us.” [Yes, as some of you say], God permits us to do anything [that he does not forbid]. But as for me, I will not let anything make me [its slave; that is, I will not do anything that will gain control over me in such a way that I will not be able to stop doing it].
13 Maten är för buken och buken för maten, men bådadera skall Gud göra till intet. Däremot är kroppen icke för otukt, utan för Herren, och Herren för kroppen;
[Some of you may also say], “Food is just for [us to put in] the stomach, and the stomach is just for [us to put] food [in]. And since God will do away with food and stomachs [when he gives us our new bodies, what we do with our bodies sexually does not affect us any more than eating food does.” But what you have concluded is wrong, because] the Lord does not [want us to use] our bodies to do sexually immoral things. Instead, the Lord [wants us to use our bodies in ways that please him]. Also, the Lord [wants us to do what is good] for our bodies.
14 och Gud, som har uppväckt Herren, skall ock genom sin kraft uppväcka oss.
God, by his power, caused the Lord [Jesus] to live again after he died, and he will cause us to live again after we die, [which shows that he is very concerned about our bodies].
15 Veten I icke att edra kroppar äro Kristi lemmar? Skall jag nu taga Kristi lemmar och göra dem till en skökas lemmar? Bort det!
You should keep in mind that your bodies belong to Christ. [RHQ] So, should I [or any other believer] [RHQ] take our body, which belongs to Christ, and join it [sexually] to a prostitute? No, certainly not!
16 Veten I då icke att den som håller sig till en sköka, han bliver en kropp med henne? Det heter ju: "De tu skola varda ett kött."
When a man has sexual relations [EUP] with a prostitute, [it is as though] their two bodies become one body. (You should never forget that!/Do you not know that?) [RHQ] What [Moses] wrote [about people who join together sexually is], “The two of them will become [as though they are] one body.”
17 Men den som håller sig till Herren, han är en ande med honom.
But anyone who is united {who joins himself} to the Lord becomes one with him spiritually.
18 Flyn otukten. All annan synd som en människa kan begå är utom kroppen; men den som bedriver otukt, han syndar på sin egen kropp.
Always (run away from/avoid) committing sexually immoral acts. Other sins that people commit do not affect their bodies, but those who commit sexually immoral acts sin against their own bodies.
19 Veten I då icke att eder kropp är ett tempel åt den helige Ande, som bor i eder, och som I haven undfått av Gud, och att I icke ären edra egna?
(Keep in mind that your bodies are [like] [MET] temples of the Holy Spirit./Do you not know that your bodies are [like] [MET] temples of the Holy Spirit?) [RHQ] The Spirit, whom God gave you, lives within you. You do not belong to yourselves. You belong to God,
20 I ären ju köpta, och betalning är given. Så förhärligen då Gud i eder kropp.
[because when his Son died for you it was as though] [MET] [God] paid a price for you. So honor God by [how you use] your bodies!
