1 D are any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

2 O r know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?

3 K now ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things that pertain to this life?

have ye not known that we shall judge messengers? why not then the things of life?

4 I f then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no account in the church?

of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly -- these cause ye to sit;

5 I say this to move you to shame. What, cannot there be found among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren,

unto your shame I speak: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who shall be able to discern in the midst of his brethren!

6 b ut brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?

but brother with brother doth go to be judged, and this before unbelievers!

7 N ay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?

Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault among you, that ye have judgments with one another; wherefore do ye not rather suffer injustice? wherefore be ye not rather defrauded?

8 N ay, but ye yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.

but ye -- ye do injustice, and ye defraud, and these -- brethren!

9 O r know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

10 n or thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

11 A nd such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

12 A ll things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I -- I will not be under authority by any;

13 M eats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:

the meats for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

14 a nd God both raised the Lord, and will raise up as through his power.

and God both the Lord did raise, and us will raise up through His power.

15 K now ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid.

Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make members of an harlot? let it be not!

16 O r know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.

have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be -- saith He -- the two for one flesh.'

17 B ut he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

And he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit;

18 F lee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

flee the whoredom; every sin -- whatever a man may commit -- is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

19 O r know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,

20 f or ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.