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1. When one of you has something against someone else in your group, why do you go to the judges in the law courts? The way they think and live is wrong. So why do you let them decide who is right? Why don't you let God's holy people decide who is right?
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1. Dare G5111 any G5100 of you G5216 , having G2192 a matter G4229 against G4314 another G2087 , go to law G2919 before G1909 the G3588 unjust G94 , and G2532 not G3780 before G1909 the G3588 saints G40 ?
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2. Don't you know that God's people will judge the world? So if you will judge the world, then surely you can judge small arguments like this.
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2. Do ye not G3756 know G1492 that G3754 the G3588 saints G40 shall judge G2919 the G3588 world G2889 ? and G2532 if G1487 the G3588 world G2889 shall be judged G2919 by G1722 you G5213 , are G2075 ye unworthy G370 to judge the smallest matters G2922 G1646 ?
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3. You know that in the future we will judge angels. So surely we can judge life's ordinary problems.
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3. Know G1492 ye not G3756 that G3754 we shall judge G2919 angels G32 ? how much more G3386 things that pertain to this life G982 ?
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4. So if you have such matters to be judged, why do you take them to those who are not part of the church? They mean nothing to you.
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4. If G1437 then G3767 ye G3303 have G2192 judgments G2922 of things pertaining to this life G982 , set G2523 them G5128 to judge who are least esteemed G1848 in G1722 the G3588 church G1577 .
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5. I say this to shame you. Surely there is someone in your group wise enough to judge a complaint between two believers.
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5. I speak G3004 to G4314 your G5213 shame G1791 . Is it so G3779 , that there is G2076 not G3756 a wise man G4680 among G1722 you G5213 ? no, not G3761 one G1520 that G3739 shall be able G1410 to judge G1252 between G303 G3319 his G848 brethren G80 ?
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6. But now one believer goes to court against another, and you let people who are not believers judge their case!
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6. But G235 brother G80 goeth to law G2919 with G3326 brother G80 , and G2532 that G5124 before G1909 the unbelievers G571 .
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7. The lawsuits that you have against each other show that you are already defeated. It would be better for you to let someone wrong you. It would be better to let someone cheat you.
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7. Now G2235 therefore there G3767 G3303 is G2076 utterly G3654 a fault G2275 among G1722 you G5213 , because G3754 ye go to law G2192 G2917 one with another G3326 G1438 . Why G1302 do ye not G3780 rather G3123 take wrong G91 ? why G1302 do ye not G3780 rather G3123 suffer yourselves to be defrauded G650 ?
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8. But you are the ones doing wrong and cheating. And you do this to your own brothers and sisters in Christ!
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8. Nay G235 , ye G5210 do wrong G91 , and G2532 defraud G650 , and G2532 that G5023 your brethren G80 .
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9. Surely you know that people who do wrong will not get to enjoy God's kingdom. Don't be fooled. These are the people who will not get to enjoy his kingdom: those who sin sexually, those who worship idols, those who commit adultery, men who let other men use them for sex or who have sex with other men, those who steal, those who are greedy, those who drink too much, those who abuse others with insults, and those who cheat.
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9. G2228 Know G1492 ye not G3756 that G3754 the unrighteous G94 shall not G3756 inherit G2816 the kingdom G932 of God G2316 ? Be not G3361 deceived G4105 : neither G3777 fornicators G4205 , nor G3777 idolaters G1496 , nor G3777 adulterers G3432 , nor G3777 effeminate G3120 , nor G3777 abusers of themselves with mankind G733 ,
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10. Nor G3777 thieves G2812 , nor G3777 covetous G4123 , nor G3777 drunkards G3183 , nor G3756 revilers G3060 , nor G3756 extortioners G727 , shall G3756 inherit G2816 the kingdom G932 of God G2316 .
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11. In the past some of you were like that. But you were washed clean, you were made holy, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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11. And G2532 such G5023 were G2258 some G5100 of you: but G235 ye are washed G628 , but G235 ye are sanctified G37 , but G235 ye are justified G1344 in G1722 the G3588 name G3686 of the G3588 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 , and G2532 by G1722 the G3588 Spirit G4151 of our G2257 God G2316 .
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12. "I am allowed to do anything," you say. My answer to this is that not all things are good. Even if it is true that "I am allowed to do anything," I will not let anything control me like a slave.
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12. All things G3956 are lawful G1832 unto me G3427 , but G235 all things G3956 are not expedient G4851 G3756 : all things G3956 are lawful G1832 for me G3427 , but G235 I G1473 will not G3756 be brought under the power G1850 of G5259 any G5100 .
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13. Someone else says, "Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food." Yes, and God will destroy them both. But the body is not for sexual sin. The body is for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.
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13. Meats G1033 for the G3588 belly G2836 , and G2532 the G3588 belly G2836 for meats G1033 : but G1161 God G2316 shall destroy G2673 both G2532 it G5026 and G2532 them G5023 . Now G1161 the G3588 body G4983 is not G3756 for fornication G4202 , but G235 for the G3588 Lord G2962 ; and G2532 the G3588 Lord G2962 for the G3588 body G4983 .
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14. And God will raise our bodies from death with the same power he used to raise the Lord Jesus.
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14. And G1161 God G2316 hath both G2532 raised up G1453 the G3588 Lord G2962 , and G2532 will also raise up G1825 us G2248 by G1223 his own G848 power G1411 .
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15. Surely you know that your bodies are parts of Christ himself. So I must never take what is part of Christ and join it to a prostitute!
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15. Know G1492 ye not G3756 that G3754 your G5216 bodies G4983 are G2076 the members G3196 of Christ G5547 ? shall I then G3767 take G142 the G3588 members G3196 of Christ G5547 , and make G4160 them the members G3196 of a harlot G4204 ? God forbid G1096 G3361 .
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16. The Scriptures say, "The two people will become one." So you should know that anyone who is joined with a prostitute becomes one with her in body.
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16. What G2228 ? know G1492 ye not G3756 that G3754 he which is joined G2853 to a harlot G4204 is G2076 one G1520 body G4983 ? for G1063 two G1417 , saith G5346 he , shall be G2071 one G3391 flesh G4561 .
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17. But anyone who is joined with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
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17. But G1161 he that is joined G2853 unto the G3588 Lord G2962 is G2076 one G1520 spirit G4151 .
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18. So run away from sexual sin. It involves the body in a way that no other sin does. So if you commit sexual sin, you are sinning against your own body.
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18. Flee G5343 fornication G4202 . Every G3956 sin G265 that G3739 a man G444 doeth G4160 G1437 is G2076 without G1622 the G3588 body G4983 ; but G1161 he that committeth fornication G4203 sinneth G264 against G1519 his own G2398 body G4983 .
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19. You should know that your body is a temple for the Holy Spirit that you received from God and that lives in you. You don't own yourselves.
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19. What G2228 ? know G1492 ye not G3756 that G3754 your G5216 body G4983 is G2076 the temple G3485 of the G3588 Holy G40 Ghost G4151 which is in G1722 you G5213 , which G3739 ye have G2192 of G575 God G2316 , and G2532 ye are G2075 not G3756 your own G1438 ?
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20. God paid a very high price to make you his. So honor God with your body.
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20. For G1063 ye are bought G59 with a price G5092 : therefore G1211 glorify G1392 God G2316 in G1722 your G5216 body G4983 , and G2532 in G1722 your G5216 spirit G4151 , which G3748 are G2076 God G2316 's.
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