Monday, May 9, 2016
1 Corinthians A. Lawsuits before Non-Christian Judges (6:1-11)
1 Corinthians 6 NLT
1 When one of you has a dispute with
another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide
the matter instead of taking it to other believers !
2 Don’t you realize that someday we
believers will judge the world? And since you are going to judge the world,
can’t you decide even these little things among yourselves?
3 Don’t you realize that we will judge
angels? So you should surely be able to resolve ordinary disputes in this life.
4 If you have legal disputes about such
matters, why go to outside judges who are not respected by the church?
5 I am saying this to shame you. Isn’t
there anyone in all the church who is wise enough to decide these issues?
6But instead, one believer sues another—right
in front of unbelievers!
7 Even to have such lawsuits with one
another is a defeat for you. Why not just accept the injustice and leave it at
that? Why not let yourselves be cheated?
8 Instead, you yourselves are the ones who
do wrong and cheat even your fellow believers.
9 Don’t you realize that those who do
wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who
indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male
prostitutes, or practice homosexuality,
10 or are thieves, or greedy people, or
drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the
Kingdom of God.
11 Some of you were once like that. But you were
cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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