1Cor 6 | ISV | STEP | Morality in Legal Matters When one of you has a complaint against another, does he dare to take it before the unrighteous and not before the saints?

1 Corinthians 6

1 Morality in Legal Matters

When one of you has a complaint against another, does he dare to take it before the unrighteous and not before the saints? 2 You know that the saints will rule the world, don't you? And if the world is going to be ruled by you, can't you handle insignificant cases?Ps 49:14; Dan 7:22; Matt 19:28; Luke 22:30; Rev 2:26; 3:21; 20:4 3 You know that we will rule angels, not to mention things in this life, don't you?2Pet 2:4; Jude 1:6 4 So if you have cases dealing with this life, why do you appoint as judges people who have no standing in the church?1Cor 5:12 5 I say this to make you feel ashamed. Has it come to this, that there is not one person among you who is wise enough to settle disagreements between brothers? ^{▼▼Lit. between his brother} 6 Instead, one brother goes to court against another brother, and before unbelievers at that! 7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves is already a defeat for you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?Prov 20:22; Matt 5:39-40; Luke 6:29; Rom 12:17, 19; 1Thes 5:15 8 Instead, you yourselves practice doing wrong and cheating others, and brothers at that!1Thes 4:6

9 You know that wicked people will not inherit the kingdom of God, don't you? Stop deceiving yourselves! Sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals,1Cor 15:50; Gal 5:21; Eph 5:5; 1Tim 1:9; Heb 12:14; 13:4; Rev 22:15 10 thieves, greedy people, drunks, slanderers, and robbers will not inherit the kingdom of God. 11 That is what some of you were! But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in ^{▼▼Or by} the Spirit of our God.1Cor 1:30; 12:2; Eph 2:2; 4:22; 5:8; Col 3:7; Titus 3:3; Heb 10:22

12 Morality in Sexual MattersEverything is permissible for me, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not allow anything to control me.1Cor 10:23 13 Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food, but God will put an end to both of them. The body is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.Matt 15:17; Rom 14:17; 1Cor 6:15, 19-20; Eph 5:23; Col 2:22-23; 1Cor 2:15, 19-20, 1Thes 4:3, 7 14 God raised the Lord, and by his power he will also raise us.Rom 6:5, 8; 8:11; 2Cor 4:14; Eph 1:19-20

15 You know that your bodies are parts of Christ, don't you? Should I take the parts of Christ and make them parts of a prostitute? Certainly not!Rom 12:5; 1Cor 12:27; Eph 4:12, 15-16; 5:30 16 You know that the person who unites himself with a prostitute becomes one body with her, don't you? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” ^{▼▼Gen 2:24}Gen 2:24; Matt 19:5; Eph 5:31 17 But the person who unites himself with the Lord becomes one spirit with him.John 17:21-23; Eph 4:4; 5:30

18 Keep on running away from sexual immorality. Any other sin that a person commits is outside his body, but the person who sins sexually sins against his own body.Rom 1:24; 6:12-13; 1Thes 4:4; Heb 13:4 19 You know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, don't you? You do not belong to yourselves,Rom 14:7-8; 1Cor 3:16; 2Cor 6:16 20 because you were bought for a price. Therefore, glorify God with your bodies.Acts 20:28; 1Cor 7:23; Gal 3:13; Heb 9:12; 1Pet 1:18-19; 2Pet 2:1; Rev 5:9