1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?2 Do you not know that 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 judge angels? To say nothing of things that pertain to this life?4 If then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, 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 person among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren?6 But brother goes to court against brother, and that before unbelievers.7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure with you that you go to court against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather be defrauded?8 No, you yourselves do wrong and defraud, and these things to brethren.9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be led astray. Neither prostitutes, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.12 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be enslaved under the power of any.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 perversion but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.14 And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up through His power.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? Let it not be!16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? For the two, He says, shall become one flesh.17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.18 Flee sexual perversion. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and 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 Gods.
1 Dar any of you that hath a cause ayens another, be demed at wickid men, and not at hooli men?2 Whether ye witen not, that seyntis schulen deme of this world? And if the world schal be demed bi you, be ye vnworthi to deme of the leste thingis?3 Witen ye not, that we schulen deme aungels? hou myche more worldli thingis?4 Therfor if ye han worldli domes, ordeyne ye tho contemptible men, that ben in the chirche, to deme.5 Y seie to make you aschamed. So ther is not ony wise man, that may deme bitwixe a brothir and his brothir;6 but a brothir with brothir stryueth in dom, and that among vnfeithful men.7 And now trespas is algatis in you, for ye han domes among you. Whi rather take ye no wrong? whi rather suffre ye not disseit?8 But and ye doen wrong, and doen fraude, and that to britheren.9 Whether ye witen not, that wickid men schulen not welde the kyngdom of God? Nyle ye erre; nethir letchours, nether men that seruen mawmetis, nether auouteris,10 nether letchouris ayen kynde, nether thei that doon letcheri with men, nether theues, nether auerouse men, nethir `ful of drunkenesse, nether curseris, nether rauenours, schulen welde the kyngdom of God.11 And ye weren sum tyme these thingis; but ye ben waischun, but ye ben halewid, but ye ben iustefied in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and in the spirit of oure God.12 Alle thingis ben leeueful to me, but not alle thingis ben spedeful. Alle thingis ben leeueful to me, but Y schal not be brouyt doun vndur ony mannus power.13 Mete to the wombe, and the wombe to metis; and God schal distruye bothe this and that. And the bodi not to fornycacioun, but to the Lord, and the Lord to the bodi.14 For God reiside the Lord, and schal reise vs bi his vertu.15 Witen ye not, that youre bodies ben membris of Crist? Schal Y thanne take the membris of Crist, and schal Y make the membris of an hoore? God forbede.16 Whether ye witen not, that he that cleueth to an hoore, is maad o bodi? For he seith, Ther schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.17 And he that cleueth to the Lord, is o spirit.18 Fle ye fornycacioun; al synne what euere synne a man doith, is with out the bodi; but he that doith fornycacioun, synneth ayens his bodi.19 Whether ye witen not, that youre membris ben the temple of the Hooli Goost, that is in you, whom ye han of God, and ye ben not youre owne?20 For ye ben bouyt with greet prijs. Glorifie ye, and bere ye God in youre bodi.