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Lawsuits Against Believers

¹ When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous ^(a)instead of the saints? ² Or do you not know that ^(b)the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? ³ Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! ⁴ So if you have such cases, ^(c)why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church? ^5 (d)I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers, ⁶ but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? ⁷ To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. ^(e)Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? ⁸ But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even ^(f)your own brothers!^[a]

⁹ Or do you not know that the unrighteous^[b] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: ^(g)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,^{[c] 10} nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And ^(h)such were some of you. But ⁽ⁱ⁾you were washed, ^(j)you were sanctified, ^(k)you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Flee Sexual Immorality

^12 (l)"All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be dominated by anything. ^13 (m)"Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food"—and God will destroy both one ⁽ⁿ⁾and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but ^(o)for the Lord, and ^(p)the Lord for the body. ¹⁴ And ^(q)God raised the Lord and ^(r)will also raise us up ^(s)by his power. ¹⁵ Do you not know that ^(t)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! ¹⁶ Or do you not know that he who is joined^[d] to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, ^(u)"The two will become one flesh." ¹⁷ But he who is joined to the Lord ^(v)becomes one spirit with him. ^18 (w)Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin^[e] a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person ^(x)sins against his own body. ¹⁹ Or ^(y)do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? ^(z)You are not your own, ^20 (aa)for you were bought with a price. ^(ab)So glorify God in your body.