1 Corinthians 6:7-16

Lawsuits Against Believers

7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. v Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 But you yourselves wrong and defraud - even w your own brothers! 1

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous 2 will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: x neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 3 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And y such were some of you. But z you were washed, a you were sanctified, b you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Flee Sexual Immorality

12 c "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be enslaved by anything. 13 d "Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" - and God will destroy both one e and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but f for the Lord, and g the Lord for the body. 14 And h God raised the Lord and i will also raise us up j by his power. 15 Do you not know that k 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 4 to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, l "The two will become one flesh."

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 5:39 - 40
    But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
  2. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 4:6
    That no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.
  3. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:50
    I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cann...
    Galatians 5:21
    Envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like thes...
    Ephesians 5:5
    For you may be sure of this, that everyone who ...
    1 Timothy 1:9
    Understanding this, that the law is not laid do...
    Hebrews 12:14
    Strive for peace with everyone, and for the hol...
    Hebrews 13:4
    Let marriage be held in honor among all, and le...
    Revelation 21:8
    But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the det...
    Revelation 22:15
    Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexu...
  4. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 12:2
    You know that when you were pagans you were led...
    Ephesians 2:2 - 3
    In which you once walked, following the course ...
    Ephesians 4:22
    To put off your old self, which belongs to your...
    Ephesians 5:8
    For at one time you were darkness, but now you ...
    Colossians 3:7
    In these you too once walked, when you were liv...
    Titus 3:3
    For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient...
  5. Cross References
    Acts 22:16
    And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.
    Hebrews 10:22
    Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
    Titus 3:5
    He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
  6. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 1:2
    To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
  7. Cross References
    Romans 8:30
    And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
  8. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 10:23
    All things are lawful," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful," but not all things build up.
  9. Cross References
    Matthew 15:17
    Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?
  10. Cross References
    Colossians 2:22
    ( referring to things that all perish as they are used) - according to human precepts and teachings?
  11. Cross References
    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 prostitute? Never!
    1 Corinthians 6:19
    Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own.
  12. Cross References
    Ephesians 5:23
    For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
  13. Cross References
    Acts 2:24
    God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
  14. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:22 - 23
    For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
    John 6:39 - 40
    And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
  15. Cross References
    Matthew 22:29
    But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
    Ephesians 1:19 - 20
    And what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might
  16. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 6:13
    Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food" - and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
    Ephesians 5:30
    Because we are members of his body.
    1 Corinthians 12:27
    Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
    Romans 12:5
    So we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
  17. Cross References
    Matthew 19:5
    And said, 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?
    Mark 10:8
    And the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.
    Ephesians 5:31
    "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."
    Genesis 2:24
    Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 2:24
    Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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