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

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, 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?

Don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

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

Don’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to 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.

If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?

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 move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?

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?

Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with 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.

No, but you yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that against your brothers.

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 don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

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 slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.

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, and in the Spirit of our God.

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 expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of 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.

“Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

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

Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by 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.

Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take 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 don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”

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

But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.

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 sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality 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 don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? 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 were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.