Lawsuits among believers
1If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? 2Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? 3Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! 4Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church? 5I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers? 6But instead, one brother takes another to court – and this in front of unbelievers!
7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? 8Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters. 9Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men6:9 The words men who have sex with men translate two Greek words that refer to the passive and active participants in homosexual acts. 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Sexual immorality
12‘I have the right to do anything,’ you say – but not everything is beneficial. ‘I have the right to do anything’ – but I will not be mastered by anything. 13You say, ‘Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.’ The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, ‘The two will become one flesh.’6:16 Gen. 2:24 17But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.6:17 Or in the Spirit
18Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honour God with your bodies.
Ìyànjú èdè-àìyedè àwọn onígbàgbọ́
16.1: Mt 18.17.Bí ẹnikẹ́ni nínú yín bá ni èdè-àìyedè sí ẹnìkejì rẹ̀, ó ha gbọdọ̀ lọ pè é lẹ́jọ́ níwájú àwọn aláìṣòótọ́ bí, bí kò ṣe níwájú àwọn ènìyàn mímọ́? 2Ṣé ẹ̀yin kò mọ̀ pé àwọn ẹni mímọ́ ni yóò ṣe ìdájọ́ ayé? Ǹjẹ́ bí ó ba ṣe ìpàṣẹ yín ni a o ti ṣe ìdájọ́ ayé, kín ni ìdí tí ẹ kò fi yanjú àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ kéékèèkéé wọ̀nyí láàrín ara yín. 3Ẹ kò mọ̀ pé àwa ni a ó ṣe ìdájọ́ àwọn angẹli ní? Mélòó mélòó àwọn nǹkan tó wà nínú ayé yìí. 4Nítorí náà, bí ẹ̀yin bá ni aáwọ̀ lórí ọ̀rọ̀ yìí, ǹjẹ́ ẹ ó yàn láti gba ìdájọ́ lọ́dọ̀ àwọn tí ìgbé ayé wọn ń di gígàn nínú ìjọ. 5Mo sọ èyí kí ojú lè tì yín. Ṣé ó ṣe é ṣe kí a máa rín ẹnìkan láàrín yín tí ó gbọ́n níwọ̀n láti ṣe ìdájọ́ èdè-àìyedè láàrín àwọn onígbàgbọ́? 6Ṣùgbọ́n dípò èyí, arákùnrin kan ń pe arákùnrin kejì lẹ́jọ́ sí ilé ẹjọ́ níwájú àwọn aláìgbàgbọ́.
76.7: Mt 5.39-40.Ǹjẹ́ nísinsin yìí, àbùkù ni fún un yín pátápátá pé ẹ̀yin ń bá ara yín ṣe ẹjọ́. Kín ní ṣe tí ẹ kò kúkú gba ìyà? Kín ló dé tí ẹ kò kúkú gba ìrẹ́jẹ kí ẹ sì fi i sílẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀? 8Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin ń jẹ ni ní ìyà, ẹ sì ń rẹ́ ni jẹ. Ẹ̀yin si ń ṣe èyí sí àwọn arákùnrin yín. 96.9: 1Kọ 15.50.Ẹ̀yin kò mọ̀ pé àwọn aláìṣòótọ́ kì í yóò jogún ìjọba Ọlọ́run? Kí a máa tàn yín jẹ; kì í ṣe àwọn àgbèrè, tàbí àwọn abọ̀rìṣà, tàbí àwọn panṣágà, tàbí àwọn ọkùnrin tí ń ṣe ìṣe obìnrin tàbí àwọn ọkùnrin tí ń ba ara wọn lòpọ̀ 10tàbí àwọn olè, tàbí àwọn wọ̀bìà, tàbí àwọn ọ̀mùtí, tàbí àwọn apẹ̀gàn, tàbí àwọn alọ́nilọ́wọ́gbà ni yóò jogún ìjọba Ọlọ́run. 116.11: Ap 22.16; Ro 8.30.Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn ẹlòmíràn nínú yín sì tí jẹ́ rí; ṣùgbọ́n a ti sọ yín di mímọ́, ṣùgbọ́n a ti dá yín láre ni orúkọ Jesu Kristi Olúwa, àti nípa Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ Ọlọ́run wa.
Ìwà àgbèrè
126.12: 1Kọ 10.23.“Ohun gbogbo ní ó tọ́ fún mi,” ṣùgbọ́n kì í ṣe ohun gbogbo ni ó ní èrè; “Ohun gbogbo ni ó yẹ fún mi,” ṣùgbọ́n èmi kì yóò jẹ́ kí ohunkóhun ṣe olórí fun mi. 13“Oúnjẹ fún inú àti inú fún oúnjẹ,” ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run yóò fi òpin sí méjèèjì, ara kì í ṣe fún ìwà àgbèrè ṣíṣe, ṣùgbọ́n fún Olúwa, àti Olúwa fún ara náà. 14Nínú agbára rẹ̀, Ọlọ́run jí Olúwa dìde kúrò nínú òkú bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ ni yóò jí àwa náà dìde. 156.15: Ro 12.5; 1Kọ 12.27.Ṣé ẹ kò tilẹ̀ mọ̀ pé ara yín gan an jẹ́ ẹ̀yà ara Kristi fún ara rẹ̀? Ǹjẹ́ tí ó ba jẹ́ bẹ́ẹ̀, ǹjẹ́ ó yẹ kí ń mú ẹ̀yà ara Kristi kí ń fi ṣe ẹ̀yà ara àgbèrè bí? Kí a má rí i! 166.16: Gẹ 2.24; Mt 19.5; Mk 10.8; Ef 5.31.Tàbí ẹ kò mọ̀ pé bí ẹnìkan bá so ara rẹ̀ pọ̀ mọ́ àgbèrè ó jẹ́ ara kan pẹ̀lú rẹ̀? Nítorí a tí kọ ọ́ wí pé, “Àwọn méjèèjì yóò sì di ara kan.” 176.17: Jh 17.21-23; Ro 8.9; Ga 2.20.Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni ti ó dàpọ̀ mọ́ Olúwa di ẹ̀mí kan náà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀.
18Ẹ máa sá fún àgbèrè. Gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí ènìyàn ń dá wà lóde ara, ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ń ṣe àgbèrè ń ṣe sí ara òun tìkára rẹ̀. 196.19: 1Kọ 3.16; Jh 2.21.Tàbí, ẹ̀yin kò mọ̀ pé ara yín ni tẹmpili Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́, ti ń bẹ nínú yín, ti ẹ̀yin ti gbà lọ́wọ́ Ọlọ́run? Ẹ̀yin kì í ṣe ti ara yín, 206.20: 1Kọ 7.23; Ap 20.28; Ro 12.1.nítorí a ti rà yín ni iye kan; Nítorí náà ẹ yìn Ọlọ́run lógo nínú ara yín, àti nínú ẹ̀mí yín, tì í ṣe ti Ọlọ́run.
