1 Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? 2 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 matters? 3 Don’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life? 4 If then you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly? 5 I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers? 6 But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers! 7 Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 No, but you yourselves do wrong and defraud, and that against your brothers.

9 Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom. 11 Some of you were such, but you were washed. You were sanctified. You were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

12 "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are expedient. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be brought under the power of anything. 13 "Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods," but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power. 15 Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be! 16 Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, "The two", he says, "will become one flesh." 17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or 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 with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

1 Durf iemand van julle wat 'n saak teen 'n ander het, gaan reg soek voor die onregverdiges en nie voor die heiliges nie?

2 Weet julle nie dat die heiliges die wêreld sal oordeel nie? En as die wêreld deur julle geoordeel word, is julle dan onbevoeg vir die geringste regsake?

3 Weet julle nie dat ons engele sal oordeel nie, hoeveel te meer die alledaagse dinge?

4 As julle dan alledaagse regsake het, moet julle die persone daaroor laat sit wat in die gemeente die minste geag word.

5 Ek sê dit tot julle beskaming. Is daar dan nie eens een wyse onder julle, wat uitspraak sal kan doen tussen sy broeders nie?

6 Maar gaan die een broeder met die ander na die regbank, en dit voor ongelowiges?

7 Dan is dit al werklik 'n gebrek onder julle, dat julle regsake met mekaar het. Waarom ly julle nie liewer onreg nie? Waarom laat julle jul nie liewer berowe nie?

8 Maar julle doen onreg en pleeg roof, en dit aan broeders.

9 Of weet julle nie dat die onregverdiges die koninkryk van God nie sal beërwe nie?

10 Moenie dwaal nie! Geen hoereerders of afgodedienaars of egbrekers of wellustelinge of sodomiete of diewe of gierigaards of dronkaards of kwaadsprekers of rowers sal die koninkryk van God beërwe nie.

11 En dit was sommige van julle; maar julle het jul laat afwas, maar julle is geheilig, maar julle is geregverdig in die Naam van die Here Jesus en deur die Gees van onse God.

12 Alles is my geoorloof, maar nie alles is nuttig nie; alles is my geoorloof, maar ek sal my nie deur iets laat oorheers nie.

13 Die voedsel is vir die maag, en die maag is vir die voedsel, maar God sal die een sowel as die ander tot niet maak. En die liggaam is nie vir hoerery nie, maar vir die Here; en die Here vir die liggaam.

14 En God het ook die Here opgewek en sal ons opwek deur sy krag.

15 Weet julle nie dat julle liggame lede van Christus is nie? Sal ek dan die lede van Christus neem en dit lede van 'n hoer maak? Nee, stellig nie!

16 Of weet julle nie dat hy wat 'n hoer aanhang, met haar een liggaam is nie? Want die twee, sê Hy, sal een vlees wees.

17 Maar wie die Here aanhang, is een gees met Hom.

18 Vlug vir die hoerery. Enige sonde wat 'n mens doen, is buite die liggaam; maar wie hoerery bedryf sondig teen sy eie liggaam.

19 Of weet julle nie dat julle liggaam 'n tempel is van die Heilige Gees wat in julle is, wat julle van God het, en dat julle nie aan julself behoort nie?

20 Want julle is duur gekoop. Verheerlik God dan in julle liggaam en in julle gees wat aan God behoort.