1 ¶ Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go unto judgment before the unjust, and not before the saints?

Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints?

2 D o ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts?

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

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

4 I f then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set as judges the most humble who are in the congregation.

So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?

5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brothers?

I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brethren,

6 B ut brother goes to judgment against brother, and that before the unbelievers.

but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?

7 N ow therefore there is certainly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather suffer the wrong? why do ye not rather be defrauded?

Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

8 B ut ye do wrong and defraud and do this to your brothers.

On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud. You do this even to your brethren.

9 ¶ Know ye not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals

Or 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 effeminate, nor homosexuals,

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

nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

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

Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. The Body Is the Lord’s

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

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

13 F oods are for the belly, and the belly for foods; but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both of them. Yet the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.

14 A nd God, who raised up the Lord, will also raise up us by his own power.

Now God has not only raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power.

15 K now ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of a harlot? In no wise.

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!

16 W hat? know ye not that he who is joined to the harlot is one body with her? For they shall be, saith he, two in one flesh.

Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her ? For He says, “ The two shall become one flesh.”

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

But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.

18 F lee fornication. Any other sin that a man does is outside the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.

Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.

19 W hat? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom ye have of God, and that ye are not your own?

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

20 F or ye are bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.