1 Corinthians 6

Lawsuits Against Believers

1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the a saints? 2 Do you not know that b the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Do you not know that we shall c judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life? 4 If then you have 1 judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge? 5 I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren? 6 But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers! 7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. d Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated? 8 No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren!

9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. e Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor 2 homosexuals, 3 nor 4 sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were f some of you. g But you were washed, but you were 5 sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

Flee Sexual Immorality

12 h All things are lawful for me, but all things are not 6 helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of 7 any. 13 i Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for j sexual immorality but k for the Lord, l and the Lord for the body. 14 And m God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up n by His power. 15 Do you not know that o your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For p "the two," He says, "shall become one flesh." 8 17 q But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. 18 r Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins s against his own body. 19 Or t do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, u and you are not your own? 20 For v you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body 9 and in your spirit, which are God's.

  1. Cross References
    Daniel 7:22
    Until the Ancient of Days came, and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for the saints to possess the kingdom.
    Matthew 19:28
    So Jesus said to them, "Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 49:14
    Like sheep they are laid in the grave; Death shall feed on them; The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be consumed in the grave, far from their dwelling.
  3. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:4
    For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment.
  4. Cross References
    Proverbs 20:22
    Do not say, "I will recompense evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.
  5. Cross References
    Acts 20:32
    So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
    1 Corinthians 15:50
    Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
    Galatians 5:21
    Envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
    Ephesians 5:5
    For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
    1 Timothy 1:9
    Knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers.
  6. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 12:2
    You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led.
    Colossians 3:5 - 7
    Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
    Titus 3:3 - 7
    For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
  7. Cross References
    Hebrews 10:22
    Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  8. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 10:23
    All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things edify.
  9. Cross References
    Matthew 15:17
    Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated?
    Romans 14:17
    For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
    Colossians 2:22
    Which all concern things which perish with the using - according to the commandments and doctrines of men?
  10. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 5:1
    It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles - that a man has his father's wife!
    Galatians 5:19
    Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness.
    Ephesians 5:3
    But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints.
    Colossians 3:5
    Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
    1 Thessalonians 4:3
    For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality.
  11. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 4:3
    For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality.
  12. Cross References
    Ephesians 5:23
    For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.
  13. Cross References
    Romans 6:5
    For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection.
    Romans 6:8
    Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him.
    2 Corinthians 4:14
    Knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.
  14. Cross References
    Ephesians 1:19
    And what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
  15. Cross References
    Romans 12:5
    So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
    1 Corinthians 6:13
    Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
    1 Corinthians 12:27
    Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
    Ephesians 5:30
    For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 2:24
    Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
    Matthew 19:5
    And said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh' ?
    Mark 10:8
    And the two shall become one flesh' ; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.
    Ephesians 5:31
    "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."
  17. Cross References
    John 17:21 - 23
    That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
    Romans 8:9 - 11
    But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
    1 Corinthians 6:15
    Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not!
    Galatians 2:20
    I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
    Ephesians 4:4
    There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling.
  18. Cross References
    Romans 6:12
    Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal b...
    1 Corinthians 6:9
    Do you not know that the unrighteous will not i...
    2 Corinthians 12:21
    Lest, when I come again, my God will humble me ...
    Ephesians 5:3
    But fornication and all uncleanness or covetous...
    Colossians 3:5
    Therefore put to death your members which are o...
    Hebrews 13:4
    Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed un...
  19. Cross References
    Romans 1:24
    Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.
    1 Thessalonians 4:4
    That each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor.
  20. Cross References
    John 2:21
    But He was speaking of the temple of His body.
    1 Corinthians 3:16
    Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
    2 Corinthians 6:16
    And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.
  21. Cross References
    Romans 14:7
    For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
  22. Cross References
    Acts 20:28
    Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all th...
    1 Corinthians 7:23
    You were bought at a price; do not become slave...
    Galatians 3:13
    Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the la...
    1 Peter 1:18
    Knowing that you were not redeemed with corrupt...
    2 Peter 2:1
    But there were also false prophets among the pe...
    Revelation 5:9
    And they sang a new song, saying: "You are wort...
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