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1 Corinthians 6 Young's Literal Translation

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1 Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
1 Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
1 Τολμᾷ τις ὑμῶν, πρᾶγμα ἔχων πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον, κρίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ἀδίκων καὶ οὐχὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἁγίων;
2 have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?
2 Don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
2 οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἅγιοι τὸν κόσμον κρινοῦσι; καὶ εἰ ἐν ὑμῖν κρίνεται ὁ κόσμος, ἀνάξιοί ἐστε κριτηρίων ἐλαχίστων;
3 have ye not known that we shall judge messengers? why not then the things of life?
3 Don’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
3 οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἀγγέλους κρινοῦμεν; μήτι γε βιωτικά;
4 of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly — these cause ye to sit;
4 If then you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?
4 βιωτικὰ μὲν οὖν κριτήρια ἐὰν ἔχητε, τοὺς ἐξουθενημένους ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τούτους καθίζετε.
5 unto your shame I speak: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who shall be able to discern in the midst of his brethren!
5 I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?
5 πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν λέγω. οὕτως οὐκ ἔνι ἐν ὑμῖν σοφὸς οὐδὲ εἷς ὃς δυνήσεται διακρῖναι ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ,
6 but brother with brother doth go to be judged, and this before unbelievers!
6 But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers!
6 ἀλλὰ ἀδελφὸς μετὰ ἀδελφοῦ κρίνεται, καὶ τοῦτο ἐπὶ ἀπίστων;
7 Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault among you, that ye have judgments with one another; wherefore do ye not rather suffer injustice? wherefore be ye not rather defrauded?
7 Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
7 ἤδη μὲν οὖν ὅλως ἥττημα ὑμῖν ἐστιν ὅτι κρίματα ἔχετε μεθ᾽ ἑαυτῶν. διατί οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἀδικεῖσθε; διατί οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἀποστερεῖσθε;
8 but ye — ye do injustice, and ye defraud, and these — brethren!
8 No, but you yourselves do wrong and defraud, and that against your brothers.
8 ἀλλὰ ὑμεῖς ἀδικεῖτε καὶ ἀποστερεῖτε, καὶ ταῦτα ἀδελφούς;
9 have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,
9 Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
9 ἢ οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἄδικοι βασιλείαν Θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσι; μὴ πλανᾶσθε· οὔτε πόρνοι οὔτε εἰδωλολάτραι οὔτε μοιχοὶ οὔτε μαλακοὶ οὔτε ἀρσενοκοῖται
10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.
10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.
10 οὔτε πλεονέκται οὔτε κλέπται οὔτε μέθυσοι, οὐ λοίδοροι, οὐχ ἅρπαγες βασιλείαν Θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσι.
11 And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
11 Some of you were such, but you were washed. You were sanctified. You were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
11 καὶ ταῦτά τινες ἦτε· ἀλλὰ ἀπελούσασθε, ἀλλὰ ἡγιάσθητε, ἀλλὰ ἐδικαιώθητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ Πνεύματι τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
12 All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I — I will not be under authority by any;
12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.
12 Πάντα μοι ἔξεστιν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ πάντα συμφέρει· πάντα μοι ἔξεστιν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐγὼ ἐξουσιασθήσομαι ὑπό τινος.
13 the meats [are] for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body [is] not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;
13 “Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,” but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
13 τὰ βρώματα τῇ κοιλίᾳ καὶ ἡ κοιλία τοῖς βρώμασιν· ὁ δὲ Θεὸς καὶ ταύτην καὶ ταῦτα καταργήσει. τὸ δὲ σῶμα οὐ τῇ πορνείᾳ, ἀλλὰ τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ ὁ Κύριος τῷ σώματι·
14 and God both the Lord did raise, and us will raise up through His power.
14 Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.
14 ὁ δὲ Θεὸς καὶ τὸν Κύριον ἤγειρε καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐξεγερεῖ διὰ τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ.
15 Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make [them] members of an harlot? let it be not!
15 Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!
15 οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι τὰ σώματα ὑμῶν μέλη Χριστοῦ ἐστιν; ἄρας οὖν τὰ μέλη τοῦ Χριστοῦ ποιήσω πόρνης μέλη; μὴ γένοιτο.
16 have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? 'for they shall be — saith He — the two for one flesh.'
16 Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”
16 [ἢ] οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ὁ κολλώμενος τῇ πόρνῃ ἓν σῶμά ἐστιν; ἔσονται γάρ, φησίν, οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν·
17 And he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit;
17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
17 ὁ δὲ κολλώμενος τῷ Κυρίῳ ἓν πνεῦμά ἐστι.
18 flee the whoredom; every sin — whatever a man may commit — is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.
18 Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
18 φεύγετε τὴν πορνείαν. πᾶν ἁμάρτημα ὃ ἐὰν ποιήσῃ ἄνθρωπος ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματός ἐστιν, ὁ δὲ πορνεύων εἰς τὸ ἴδιον σῶμα ἁμαρτάνει.
19 Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own,
19 Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
19 ἢ οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι τὸ σῶμα ὑμῶν ναὸς τοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν Ἁγίου Πνεύματός ἐστιν, οὗ ἔχετε ἀπὸ Θεοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐστὲ ἑαυτῶν;
20 for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
20 for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
20 ἠγοράσθητε γὰρ τιμῆς· δοξάσατε δὴ τὸν Θεὸν ἐν τῷ σώματι ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν τῷ πνεύματι ὑμῶν, ἅτινά ἐστι τοῦ Θεοῦ.
Cross references (20)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Matthew 18:15–17; Acts 19:38; 1 Corinthians 14:33; 1 Corinthians 6:6–7; 1 Corinthians 16:1
  2. 2 Matthew 19:28; Revelation 20:4; Daniel 7:22; Luke 22:30; Revelation 3:21
  3. 3 Jude 6; Matthew 25:41; 1 Corinthians 6:4; Luke 8:14; 2 Timothy 2:4
  4. 4 1 Corinthians 5:12; Acts 6:2–4
  5. 5 1 Corinthians 4:14; 1 Corinthians 15:34; James 3:13–18; 1 Corinthians 4:10; Proverbs 14:8
  6. 6 Philippians 2:14–15; 1 John 2:9–11; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 1 John 3:11–15; 1 Corinthians 6:1
  7. 7 Romans 12:17–19; Proverbs 20:22; Matthew 5:39–41; 1 Peter 2:19–23; 1 Peter 3:9
  8. 8 1 Thessalonians 4:6; Colossians 3:25; Malachi 3:5; Leviticus 19:13; James 5:4
  9. 9 1 Timothy 1:9–10; Galatians 5:19–21; Ephesians 5:4–5; Leviticus 20:13; Leviticus 18:22
  10. 10 1 Corinthians 5:11; Galatians 5:21; Ephesians 4:28; Ezekiel 22:29; Ezekiel 22:27
  11. 11 1 Corinthians 1:30; Colossians 3:5–7; 1 Corinthians 1:2; Romans 6:17–19; Acts 22:16
  12. 12 1 Corinthians 10:23–33; 1 Corinthians 9:27; Hebrews 12:15–16; Romans 14:14–23; 1 Corinthians 8:7–13
  13. 13 1 Corinthians 6:19; 1 Corinthians 3:16; Romans 6:12; 1 Corinthians 6:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:3–7
  14. 14 2 Corinthians 4:14; Romans 8:11; Ephesians 1:19–20; Philippians 3:21; Acts 2:24
  15. 15 Ephesians 5:30; Romans 12:5; Ephesians 4:15–16; Colossians 2:19; 1 Corinthians 12:27
  16. 16 Genesis 2:24; Ephesians 5:31; Mark 10:8; Matthew 19:5–6; Matthew 21:31–32
  17. 17 John 17:21–23; Galatians 2:20; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 4:3–4; John 3:6
  18. 18 1 Peter 2:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Colossians 3:5; Romans 6:12–13; 2 Timothy 2:22
  19. 19 1 Corinthians 3:16; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 1 Peter 2:5; Ephesians 2:21–22; 1 Corinthians 6:15–16
  20. 20 1 Corinthians 7:23; Romans 12:1; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 1:18; Hebrews 9:12

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary 6:12 John Chrysostom, Homilies on First Corinthians (Homily XVII)

    lawful:" but of things which seem to be indifferent. To illustrate my meaning: "It is lawful," he says, "to eat and to drink; but it is not expedient with excess." And so that marvellous and unexpected turn of his, which he is often wont to adopt; (Cf. Rom. xii. 21; 1 Cor. vii.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 12 (1889)

  2. Quotes verse 6:9 Polycarp of Smyrna, Epistle to the Philippians (The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians)

    For it is well that they should be cut off from the lusts that are in the world, since "every lust warreth against the spirit;" and "neither fornicators, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, shall inherit the kingdom of God," nor those who do things inconsistent and unbecoming.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 6:9 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapters XXV–XXVI)

    Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, not effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." And as it was not to those who are without that he said these things, but to us, lest we should be cast forth from the kingdom …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  4. Quotes verse 6:3 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XX, Chapters 3–5)

    … of Judas the traitor, the Apostle Paul, though he labored more than them all, should have no throne of judgment; but he unmistakeably considers himself to be included in the number of the judges when he says, "Know ye not that we shall judge angels?" The same rule is to be observed in applying the number twelve to those who …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  5. Quotes verse 6:11 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily X)

    And Paul too saith, "But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified," not by the baptism of John, but "in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Spirit of our God." And elsewhere too he saith, "John verily preached a baptism of repentance," (he saith not "of remission,") "that they should believe on Him that should come …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)