1Cor 6 | ESV | STEP | When one of you has a grievance against another , does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints ?

‏ 1 Corinthians 6

Lawsuits Against Believers

1 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous ^ainstead of the saints? 2 Or do you not know that ^bthe saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 3 Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! 4 So if you have such cases, ^cwhy do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church? 5 ^dI say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers, 6 but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? 7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. ^eWhy not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even ^fyour own brothers! ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters}

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous ^{▼▼Or wrongdoers} will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: ⁱneither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, ^{▼▼The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts} 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And ^ksuch were some of you. But ^lyou were washed, ^myou were sanctified, ⁿyou were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Flee Sexual Immorality

12 ^o“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 ^p“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one ^qand the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but ^rfor the Lord, and ^sthe Lord for the body. 14 And ^tGod raised the Lord and ^uwill also raise us up ^vby his power. 15 Do you not know that ^wyour 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 ^{▼▼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, ^y“The two will become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord ^zbecomes one spirit with him. 18 ^aaFlee from sexual immorality. Every other sin ^{▼▼Or Every sin} a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person ^acsins against his own body. 19 Or ^addo you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? ^aeYou are not your own, 20 ^affor you were bought with a price. ^agSo glorify God in your body.