Bible Reading Plan

1 Corinthians 6

Chapter 6

Lawsuits among Believers

¹ If any of you has a legal dispute against another, do you dare go to court^(a) before the unrighteous,^[a] and not before the saints? ² Or 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 cases? ³ Don't you know that we will judge angels—not to mention ordinary matters? ⁴ So if you have cases pertaining to this life, do you select those^[b] who have no standing^(b) in the church to judge? ⁵ I say this to your shame!^(c) Can it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between his brothers?^{(d) 6} Instead, believer^[c] goes to court against believer, and that before unbelievers!^(e)

⁷ Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you.^(f) Why not rather put up with injustice?^(g) Why not rather be cheated?^{(h) 8} Instead, you act unjustly and cheat—and you do this to believers! ⁹ Don't you know that the unrighteous⁽ⁱ⁾ will not inherit God's kingdom?^(j) Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters,^(k) adulterers,^(l) or anyone practicing homosexuality,^{[d](m) 10} no thieves,⁽ⁿ⁾ greedy^(o) people, drunkards, verbally abusive people,^(p) or swindlers^(q) will inherit God's kingdom. ¹¹ And some of you used to be like this.^(r) But you were washed, you were sanctified,^(s) you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Glorifying God in Body and Spirit

¹² "Everything is permissible^(t) for me,"^[e] but not everything is helpful. "Everything is permissible for me," but I will not be brought under the control of anything. ¹³ "Food^(u) for the stomach and the stomach for food," but God will do away with both of them.^[f] The body is not for sexual immorality^(v) but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴ God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.^{(w) 15} Don't you know that your bodies are a part of Christ's body?^(x) So should I take a part of Christ's body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not! ¹⁶ Don't you know that anyone joined to a prostitute is one body with her? For Scripture says, The two will become one flesh. ^{(y)[g] 17} But anyone joined^(z) to the Lord is one spirit^(aa) with Him.

¹⁸ Run^(ab) from sexual immorality! "Every sin a person can commit is outside the body."^[h] On the contrary, the person who is sexually immoral^(ac) sins against his own body. ¹⁹ Don't you know that your body is a sanctuary^(ad) of the Holy Spirit^(ae) who is in you,^(af) whom you have from God? You are not your own, ²⁰ for you were bought^(ag) at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.^[i]