(KJV) 1 Corinthians 61

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Lawsuits among Believers

[1] Dare any of you, having2 a matter against another, go3 to law before the unjust, and not before the saints4? [2] Do ye not know that the saints5 shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest6 matters? [3] Know ye not that we shall judge7 angels? how much more things that pertain8 to this life? [4] If then ye9 have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who10 are least11 esteemed in the church. [5] I speak to your12 shame. Is it13 so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? [6] But brother14 goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. [7] Now there15fore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why16 do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather [suffer yourselves to] be defrauded? [8] Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that [your] brethren.17

Members of Christ

[9] Know18 ye not that the unrighteous19 shall not inherit20 the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators21, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers22 of themselves with mankind, [10] Nor thieves23, nor covetous24, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. [11] And such25 were some of you: but ye are washed26, but ye are sanctified27, but ye are justified28 in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. [12] All things are lawful29 unto me, but all things are not30 expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I31 will not be brought under the power of any. [13] Meats for32 the belly, and the belly for meats: but God33 shall destroy both it and them. Now the body [is] not for fornication, but for34 the Lord; and the Lord for the body. [14] And God35 hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by36 his own power. [15] Know ye not that your37 bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make [them] the members of an harlot? God38 forbid. [16] What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot39 is one body? for40 two, saith he, shall be one flesh. [17] But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.41

The Temple of the Holy Spirit[ Romans 12:1–8 1 Corinthians 3:16–23 ]

[18] Flee42 fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth43 against his own body. [19] What44? know ye not that your body45 is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye46 are not your own? [20] For ye47 are bought with a price: therefore glorify God48 in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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  1. 1Cor 6:1, The Corinthians must not vex their brethren, in going to law with them; 1Cor 6:6, especially under infidels; 1Cor 6:9, The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God; 1Cor 6:15, Our bodies are the members of Christ, and temples of the Holy Ghost. They must not therefore be defiled. 

  2. Matt 18:15-17; Acts 18:14-15, Acts 19:38 

  3. 1Cor 6:6-7 

  4. 1Cor 1:2, 1Cor 14:33, 1Cor 16:1, 1Cor 16:15 

  5. Ps 49:14, Ps 149:5-9; Dan 7:18, Dan 7:22; Zech 14:5; Matt 19:28; Luke 22:30; 1Thess 3:13; Jude 1:14-15; Rev 2:26-27, Rev 3:21, Rev 20:4 

  6. 1Cor 6:4; 2Cor 4:18; 1John 2:16-17 

  7. Matt 25:41; 2Pet 2:4; Jude 1:6 

  8. 1Cor 6:4; Ps 17:14; Luke 8:14, Luke 21:34; 2Tim 2:4, 2Tim 4:10 

  9. 1Cor 5:12 

  10. Acts 6:2-4 

  11. The apostle perhaps meant that the meanest persons in the church were competent to decide the causes which they brought before the heathen magistrates. 

  12. 1Cor 4:14, 1Cor 11:14, 1Cor 15:34 

  13. 1Cor 3:18, 1Cor 4:10; Prov 14:8; Jas 1:5, Jas 3:13-18 

  14. 1Cor 6:1, 1Cor 6:7; Gen 13:7-9, Gen 45:24; Neh 5:8-9; Ps 133:1-3; Acts 7:26; Phil 2:14-15; 1John 2:9-11, 1John 3:11-15 

  15. Prov 2:5, Prov 2:8-10; Hos 10:2; Jas 4:1-3 

  16. Prov 20:22; Matt 5:39-41; Luke 6:29; Rom 12:17-19; 1Thess 5:15; 1Pet 2:19-23; 1Pet 3:9 

  17. Lev 19:13; Mic 2:2; Mal 3:5 *marg. Mark 10:19; Col 3:25; 1Thess 4:6; Jas 5:4 

  18. 1Cor 6:2-3, 1Cor 6:15-16, 1Cor 6:19, 1Cor 3:16, 1Cor 9:24 

  19. Exod 23:1; Lev 19:15, Lev 19:35-36; Deut 25:13-16; Prov 11:1, Prov 22:8; Isa 10:1-2; Isa 55:7; Zech 5:3; Acts 24:25; Rom 1:18; 1Tim 1:9 

  20. 1Cor 6:10, 1Cor 15:50; Matt 19:29, Matt 25:34; Gal 5:21 

  21. 1Cor 5:1, 1Cor 5:10; Gal 5:19-21; Eph 5:4-5; 1Tim 1:9; Heb 12:14, Heb 12:16, Heb 13:4; Rev 21:8; Rev 22:15 

  22. Gen 19:5; Lev 18:22, Lev 20:13; Deut 22:5, Deut 23:17; Judg 19:22; Rom 1:26-27; 1Tim 1:10 

  23. Ps 50:17-18; Isa 1:23; Jer 7:11; Ezek 22:13, Ezek 22:27, Ezek 22:29; Matt 21:19; Matt 23:14, Matt 23:33; John 12:6; Eph 4:28; 1Thess 4:6; 1Pet 4:15 

  24. 1Cor 5:11 

  25. 1Cor 12:2; Rom 6:17-19; Eph 2:1-3, Eph 4:17-22, Eph 5:8; Col 3:5-7; Titus 3:3-6; 1Pet 4:2-3 

  26. Ps 51:2, Ps 51:7; Prov 30:12; Isa 1:16; Jer 4:14; Ezek 36:25; John 13:10; Acts 22:16; Eph 5:26; Titus 3:5; Heb 10:22; 1Pet 3:21; Rev 1:5, Rev 7:14 

  27. 1Cor 1:2, 1Cor 1:30; Acts 26:18; Gal 5:22-23; 2Thess 2:13; Heb 2:11; 1Pet 1:2, 1Pet 1:22 

  28. Isa 45:25, Isa 53:11; Luke 18:14; Acts 13:39; Rom 3:24, Rom 3:26-30, Rom 4:5, Rom 5:1, Rom 5:9; Rom 8:30, Rom 8:33; Gal 2:16, Gal 3:8, Gal 3:11, Gal 3:24; Titus 3:7; Jas 2:21-26 

  29. 1Cor 10:23; Rom 14:14 

  30. 1Cor 8:4, 1Cor 8:7-13, 1Cor 9:12, 1Cor 10:24-33; Rom 14:15-23; 2Thess 3:9 

  31. 1Cor 9:27; Rom 7:14; Heb 12:15-16; Jude 1:12 

  32. Matt 15:17, Matt 15:20; Mark 7:19; Rom 14:17 

  33. 1Cor 10:3-5; John 6:27, John 6:49; Col 2:22-23 

  34. 1Cor 6:15, 1Cor 6:19, 1Cor 3:16; Rom 6:12, Rom 7:4, Rom 12:1, Rom 14:7-9; 2Cor 5:15, 2Cor 11:2; Eph 5:23; 1Thess 4:3-7 

  35. 1Cor 15:15-20; Acts 2:24, Acts 17:31; Rom 6:4-8, Rom 8:11; 2Cor 4:14; Phil 3:10-11; 1Thess 4:14 

  36. John 5:28-29, John 6:39-40, John 11:25-26; Eph 1:19-20; Phil 3:21 

  37. 1Cor 6:19, 1Cor 11:3, 1Cor 12:27; Rom 12:5; Eph 1:22-23, Eph 4:12, Eph 4:15-16, Eph 5:23, Eph 5:30; Col 2:19 

  38. Gen 44:17; Luke 20:16; Rom 3:3-4, Rom 3:6, Rom 3:31, Rom 6:2, Rom 6:15, Rom 7:7, Rom 7:13; Gal 2:17, Gal 3:21; Gal 6:14 

  39. Gen 34:31, Gen 38:15, Gen 38:24; Judg 16:1; Matt 21:31-32; Heb 11:31 

  40. Gen 2:24; Matt 19:5-6; Mark 10:8; Eph 5:31 

  41. 1Cor 12:13; John 3:6, John 17:21-23; Eph 4:3-4, Eph 5:30; Phil 2:5 

  42. Gen 39:12-18; Prov 2:16-19, Prov 5:3-15, Prov 6:24-32, Prov 7:5-23, Prov 7:24-27, Prov 9:16-18; Rom 6:12-13; 2Tim 2:22; Heb 13:4; 1Pet 2:11 

  43. Rom 1:24; 1Thess 4:5 

  44. 1Cor 6:15-16 

  45. 1Cor 3:16; 2Cor 6:16; Eph 2:21-22; 1Pet 2:5 

  46. 1Kgs 20:4; 1Chr 29:14; Ps 12:4, Ps 100:3; Rom 14:7-9; 2Cor 5:15; Titus 2:14 

  47. 1Cor 7:23; Acts 20:28; Gal 3:13; Heb 9:12; 1Pet 1:18; 2Pet 2:1; Rev 5:9 

  48. 1Cor 10:31; Matt 5:16; Rom 6:19, Rom 12:1; Phil 1:20; 1Pet 2:9