Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
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Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
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If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
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I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
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Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
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Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
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Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
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And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
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All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
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Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
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Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
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What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
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Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
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What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
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For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
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Chapter Study & Analysis
Overview
1 Corinthians 6 rebukes the practice of believers taking each other to secular courts and warns against sexual immorality. Paul reminds the believers that their bodies are members of Christ and temples of the Holy Spirit, bought with a price.
CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS
1. Resolving Internal Conflicts: Believers should be able to resolve disputes within the church rather than seeking justice from the world (v. 1-5). It is better to suffer wrong than to damage the church’s testimony.2. The Price of Redemption: We are not our own; we were "bought with a price" (v. 19-20). This ownership by God should govern how we use our bodies, minds, and resources.
3. Fleeing Immorality: Unlike other sins, sexual immorality is a sin against one’s own body (v. 18). The biblical command is not to argue with temptation, but to flee from it.
Practical Lessons
FORMAL PRAYER
Lord Jesus, who hast redeemed us with Thy precious blood: help us to remember that we are Thine. Grant us the wisdom to settle our differences in love and the strength to glorify Thee in our bodies and spirits. Amen.