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1 Corinthians 6

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¹ If any of you has a dispute against another, how dare you take it to court ⓜ before the unrighteous, [1] 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 trivial cases?

³ Don’t you know that we will judge angels — how much more matters of this life?

⁴ So if you have such matters, do you appoint as your judges those who have no standing ⓝ in the church?

⁵ I say this to your shame! ⓐ Can it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between fellow believers? ⓑ

⁶ Instead, brother goes to court against brother, and that before unbelievers! ⓒ

⁷ As it is, to have legal disputes against one another is already a defeat for you. ⓓ Why not rather be wronged? ⓔ Why not rather be cheated? ⓕ

⁸ Instead, you yourselves do wrong and cheat — and you do this to brothers and sisters!

⁹ Don’t you know that the unrighteous ⓖ will not inherit God’s kingdom? ⓗ Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, ⓘ adulterers, ⓙ or males who have sex with males, [2] ⓚ

¹⁰ no thieves, ⓛ greedy ⓜ people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, ⓝ or swindlers ⓐ will inherit God’s kingdom.

¹¹ And some of you used to be like this. ⓑ But you were washed, you were sanctified, ⓒ you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

¹² “Everything is permissible ⓓ for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

¹³ “Food ⓔ is for the stomach and the stomach for food,” and God will do away with both of them. However, the body is not for sexual immorality ⓕ 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. ⓖ

¹⁵ Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? ⓗ 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. [3] ⓘ

¹⁷ But anyone joined ⓙ to the Lord is one spirit ⓚ with him.

¹⁸ Flee ⓛ sexual immorality! Every other sin [4] a person commits is outside the body, but the person who is sexually immoral ⓜ sins against his own body.

¹⁹ Don’t you know that your body is a temple ⓝ of the Holy Spirit ⓐ who is in you, ⓑ whom you have from God? You are not your own,

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1	If any of you has a dispute against another, how dare you take it to court ⓜ before the unrighteous, [1] 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 trivial cases?
3	Don’t you know that we will judge angels — how much more matters of this life?
4	So if you have such matters, do you appoint as your judges those who have no standing ⓝ in the church?
5	I say this to your shame! ⓐ Can it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between fellow believers? ⓑ
6	Instead, brother goes to court against brother, and that before unbelievers! ⓒ
7	As it is, to have legal disputes against one another is already a defeat for you. ⓓ Why not rather be wronged? ⓔ Why not rather be cheated? ⓕ
8	Instead, you yourselves do wrong and cheat — and you do this to brothers and sisters!
9	Don’t you know that the unrighteous ⓖ will not inherit God’s kingdom? ⓗ Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, ⓘ adulterers, ⓙ or males who have sex with males, [2] ⓚ
10	no thieves, ⓛ greedy ⓜ people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, ⓝ or swindlers ⓐ will inherit God’s kingdom.
11	And some of you used to be like this. ⓑ But you were washed, you were sanctified, ⓒ you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
12	“Everything is permissible ⓓ for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
13	“Food ⓔ is for the stomach and the stomach for food,” and God will do away with both of them. However, the body is not for sexual immorality ⓕ 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. ⓖ
15	Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? ⓗ 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. [3] ⓘ
17	But anyone joined ⓙ to the Lord is one spirit ⓚ with him.
18	Flee ⓛ sexual immorality! Every other sin [4] a person commits is outside the body, but the person who is sexually immoral ⓜ sins against his own body.
19	Don’t you know that your body is a temple ⓝ of the Holy Spirit ⓐ who is in you, ⓑ whom you have from God? You are not your own,
20	for you were bought ⓒ at a price. So glorify God with your body. [5]

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