1 Corinthians 6
6
Lawsuits Against Believers
1When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous #[Matt. 18:17]instead of the saints? 2Or do you not know that #Dan. 7:22; [Matt. 19:28; Rev. 20:4]the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 3Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! 4So if you have such cases, #[ch. 5:12]why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church? 5#ch. 15:34; [ch. 4:14]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, 6but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? 7To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. #[Matt. 5:39, 40]Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? 8But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even #1 Thess. 4:6your own brothers!#6:8 Or brothers and sisters
9Or do you not know that the unrighteous#6:9 Or wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: #ch. 15:50; Gal. 5:21; Eph. 5:5; 1 Tim. 1:9; Heb. 12:14; 13:4; Rev. 21:8; 22:15neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,#6:9 The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts 10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And #ch. 12:2; Eph. 2:2, 3; 4:22; 5:8; Col. 3:7; Titus 3:3 such were some of you. But #Acts 22:16; Heb. 10:22; [Titus 3:5] you were washed, #See ch. 1:2 you were sanctified, #Rom. 8:30you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Flee Sexual Immorality
12 # ch. 10:23 “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#[Matt. 15:17] “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one #Col. 2:22 and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but #ver. 15, 19 for the Lord, and #[Eph. 5:23]the Lord for the body. 14And #See Acts 2:24 God raised the Lord and #ch. 15:22, 23; [John 6:39, 40] will also raise us up #Matt. 22:29; [Eph. 1:19, 20]by his power. 15Do you not know that #ver. 13; Eph. 5:30; [ch. 12:27; Rom. 12:5]your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16Or do you not know that he who is joined#6:16 Or who holds fast (compare Genesis 2:24 and Deuteronomy 10:20); also verse 17 to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, #Matt. 19:5; Mark 10:8; Eph. 5:31; Cited from Gen. 2:24“The two will become one flesh.” 17But he who is joined to the Lord #Eph. 4:4; [John 17:21-23]becomes one spirit with him. 18#2 Cor. 12:21; Eph. 5:3 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin#6:18 Or Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person #[Prov. 5:11]sins against his own body. 19Or #[John 2:21]; See ch. 3:16 do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? #See Rom. 14:7You are not your own, 20#ch. 7:23; [Acts 20:28; Heb. 9:12, 14]; See 2 Pet. 2:1 for you were bought with a price. #[Phil. 1:20]So glorify God in your body.
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1 Corinthians 6
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Lawsuits among Believers
1If any of you has a legal dispute against another, do you dare go to court # Mt 18:15-17 before the unrighteous, # Unbelievers; v. 6 and not before the saints? 2Or 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? 3Don’t you know that we will judge angels — not to mention ordinary matters? 4So if you have cases pertaining to this life, do you select those # Or life, appoint those (as a command) who have no standing # Lk 18:9 in the church to judge? 5I say this to your shame! # 1Co 4:14 Can it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between his brothers? # Ac 9:30 6Instead, believer # Lit brothers goes to court against believer, and that before unbelievers! # Lk 12:46
7Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you. # Rm 11:12 Why not rather put up with injustice? # Rv 2:11 Why not rather be cheated? # Mk 10:19 8Instead, you act unjustly and cheat — and you do this to believers! 9Don’t you know that the unrighteous # Lk 16:10 will not inherit God’s kingdom? # Mk 1:15; Ac 20:25 Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, # Eph 5:5 adulterers, # Lk 18:11 or anyone practicing homosexuality, # Lit adulterers, passive homosexual partners, active homosexual partners # Gn 19:5 10no thieves, # Jn 10:1 greedy # Eph 5:5 people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, # 1Co 5:11 or swindlers # Lk 18:11 will inherit God’s kingdom. 11And some of you used to be like this. # Eph 2:2-3; 4:22; 5:8; Ti 3:3 But you were washed, you were sanctified, # Lk 11:2 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 # Jn 18:31 for me,” # The words in quotation marks are most likely slogans used by some Corinthian Christians and corrected by Paul. but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be brought under the control of anything. 13“Food # 1Tm 6:8 for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will do away with both of them. # Lit both it and them The body is not for sexual immorality # 1Th 4:3 but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. # Mk 5:30; Lk 1:35; 6:19; Ac 19:11; 2Co 13:4; Rv 11:17 15Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? # Rm 12:5; 1Co 12:27; Eph 5:30 So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not! 16Don’t you know that anyone joined to a prostitute is one body with her? For Scripture says, The two will become one flesh. # Gn 2:24 # Gn 2:24 17But anyone joined # Jn 11:52 to the Lord is one spirit # Ps 51:12 with Him.
18Run # Jms 4:7 from sexual immorality! “Every sin a person can commit is outside the body.” # See note at 1Co 6:12-13. On the contrary, the person who is sexually immoral # 1Co 10:8 sins against his own body. 19Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary # Lk 1:21 of the Holy Spirit # Rm 8:9,23; 1Co 7:40; 2Co 4:13; Jd 19 who is in you, # Jms 4:5; 1Jn 4:4 whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20for you were bought # 2Pt 2:1 at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body. # Other mss add and in your spirit, which belong to God.
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