IV.
Dealing with lawsuits among believers
6:1-11
A.
The judgment of the church
vv. 1-8
1 Cor. 6
:1
6:1
Does any one of you who has a
1case against another dare to be judged before the
2unrighteous and not before the saints?
1 Cor. 6
:2
6:2
Or do you not know that the saints will
1ajudge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy of the
2smallest 3judgments?
1 Cor. 6
:3
6:3
Do you not know that we will
1judge angels, not to mention things of this life?
1 Cor. 6
:4
6:4
If then you hold
ajudgments over things of this life, do you seat
as judges 1those who are of no account in the church?
1 Cor. 6
:5
6:5
I say
this to your
ashame. So there is no one wise among you, who will be able to discern between his
bbrothers?
1 Cor. 6
:6
6:6
But brother
1goes to court with brother, and this before
aunbelievers.
1 Cor. 6
:7
6:7
Already then it is altogether a
1defeat to you that you have
2lawsuits with one another. Why not
3arather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
1 Cor. 6
:8
6:8
But you wrong and
adefraud, and this
your brothers.
B.
Those not qualified to inherit the kingdom of God
vv. 9-11
1 Cor. 6
:9
6:9
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not
1ainherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
bled astray; neither
cfornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor
dhomosexuals
1 Cor. 6
:10
6:10
Nor thieves nor the covetous, not drunkards, not revilers, not the rapacious will inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Cor. 6
:11
6:11
And these things were some of you; but you were
awashed, but you were
bsanctified, but you were
1cjustified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
V.
Dealing with the abuse of freedom
6:12-20
A.
A basic principle
v.12
1 Cor. 6
:12
6:12
1aAll things are
2lawful to me, but not all things are
3profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I will not be
4brought under the power of anything.
B.
The use of the body
vv. 13-20
1 Cor. 6
:13
6:13
1Foods are for the
astomach, and the stomach for foods; but God will bring to
bnought both it and them. But the
2body is not for fornication but
cfor the Lord, and the Lord
dfor the body.
1 Cor. 6
:14
6:14
And God has both
araised up the Lord and will
1braise us up through His
cpower.
1 Cor. 6
:15
6:15
Do you not know that your bodies are
1amembers of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make
them members of a prostitute?
2bAbsolutely not!
1 Cor. 6
:16
6:16
Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For He says,
a"The two shall be one flesh.''
1 Cor. 6
:17
6:17
But he who is
1ajoined to the Lord is
2bone spirit.
1 Cor. 6
:18
6:18
aFlee bfornication. Every
1sin which a man may do is outside the body, but he who commits fornication sins against his own body.
1 Cor. 6
:19
6:19
Or do you not know that your
abody is a
btemple of the
1Holy Spirit
cwithin you, whom you have
dfrom God, and you are
enot your own?
1 Cor. 6
:20
6:20
For you have been
abought with a
1bprice. So then
2cglorify God in your
dbody.
