1 If any one of you has a complaint against someone, how can you dare to take it before non-Christian judges [to be decided], instead of before the saints [i.e., God's holy people]?
1 Does any one of you, when he has a (a)case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and (A)not before the (b)saints?
1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
1 If any of you has a legal dispute against another, do you dare go to court(A) before the unrighteous,(a) and not before the saints?
1 When one of you has a complaint against another, does he dare to take the matter before those who are unrighteous and not before the saints?
2 Or, do you not know that God's people will judge the world? [Note: Possibly this refers to Christians somehow assisting Christ on the judgment day]. And if the world is [to be] judged by you [at that time], are you not capable of judging small matters [now]?
2 Or (B)do you not know that (C)the (c)saints will judge (D)the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to (d)constitute the smallest law courts?
2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
2 Or 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 cases?
2 You know that the saints will rule the world, don't you? And if the world is going to be ruled by you, can't you handle insignificant cases?
3 Do you not know that we will judge [even] angels? [And if so], then how much more [must we judge] the things of this life!
3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
3 Don’t you know that we will judge angels—not to mention ordinary matters?
3 You know that we will rule angels, not to mention things in this life, don't you?
4 So then, if you have cases [or, courts] for deciding matters of this life, do you appoint [as judges] those who have no standing in the church? [i.e., heathens]. [Note: This difficult passage may also be taken as a statement, using sarcasm, "you appoint as judges..."].
4 So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, (e)do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?
4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
4 So if you have cases pertaining to this life, do you select those(b) who have no standing(B) in the church to judge?
4 So if you have cases dealing with this life, why do you appoint as judges people who have no standing in the church?
5 I am saying this to make you ashamed. Can there not be found one wise person [there] among you who is able to decide [on a matter] between his [Christian] brothers?
5 (F)I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his (G)brethren,
5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
5 I say this to your shame!(C) Can it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between his brothers?(D)
5 I say this to make you feel ashamed. Has it come to this, that there is not one person among you who is wise enough to settle disagreements between brothers?
7 Indeed, the fact that you have lawsuits with one another is [evidence of] a complete failure among you. Why should you not rather take the wrong? Why should you not rather accept being cheated?
7 Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. (I)Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
7 Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you.(F) Why not rather put up with injustice?(G) Why not rather be cheated?(H)
7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves is already a defeat for you. Why not rather just accept the wrong? Why not rather be cheated?
8 But [instead], you yourselves do the wrong and cheat [others], and you do this to [Christian] brothers!
8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
8 Instead, you act unjustly and cheat—and you do this to believers!
8 Instead, you yourselves practice doing wrong and cheating others, and brothers at that!
9 Or, do you not know that evil people will not possess God's kingdom? Do not be misled: neither will sexually immoral people, nor idolaters, nor those who are sexually unfaithful to their mates, nor homosexual perverts. [Note: The Greek uses two words here, denoting both the passive and active partners in male homosexual acts].
9 Or (K)do you not know that the unrighteous will not (L)inherit the kingdom of God? (M)Do not be deceived; (N)neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor (f)effeminate, nor homosexuals,
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
9 Don’t you know that the unrighteous(I) will not inherit God’s kingdom?(J) Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters,(K) adulterers,(L) or anyone practicing homosexuality,(d)(M)
9 You know that wicked people will not inherit the kingdom of God, don't you? Stop deceiving yourselves! Sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals,
10 And neither will thieves, nor greedy people, nor drunkards, nor abusive talkers, nor swindlers possess God's kingdom.
10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will (O)inherit the kingdom of God.
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
10 no thieves,(N) greedy(O) people, drunkards, verbally abusive people,(P) or swindlers(Q) will inherit God’s kingdom.
10 thieves, greedy people, drunks, slanderers, and robbers will not inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And some of you have practiced such things, but you were washed [i.e., from your sins. See Acts 22:16]; you were dedicated [i.e., set apart for God's service]; you were made right with God in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Holy Spirit of our God.
11 (P)Such were some of you; but you were (Q)washed, but you were (R)sanctified, but you were (S)justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
11 And some of you used to be like this.(R) But you were washed, you were sanctified,(S) you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
11 That is what some of you were! But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah and by the Spirit of our God.
12 "Everything is permissible for me [to do];" but not everything is profitable. [Note: The words in quote marks in this and the following verse are thought to have been commonly held views of that day, to which Paul gives an inspired reply]. "Everything is permissible for me [to do];" but I will not be ruled by anything.
12 (T)All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.
12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
12 “Everything is permissible(T) for me,”(e) but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be brought under the control of anything.
12 Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not allow anything to control me.
13 "Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food;" but God will destroy both of them. Yet the body is not intended for sexual immorality, but is intended for the Lord's [honor and service]; and the Lord is for the body's [benefit].
13 (U)Food is for the (g)stomach and the (h)stomach is for food, but God will (V)do away with both (i)of them. Yet the body is not for immorality, but (W)for the Lord, and (X)the Lord is for the body.
13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
13 “Food(U) for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will do away with both of them.(f) The body is not for sexual immorality(V) but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
13 Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food, but God will make them both unnecessary. The body is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
15 Do you not know that your [physical] bodies are parts of [the spiritual body of] Christ? So, shall I take away parts of Christ's [spiritual] body and join them to a prostitute's body? Certainly not!
15 (AA)Do you not know that (AB)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? (AC)May it never be!
15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
15 Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body?(X) So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not!
15 You know that your bodies belong to the Messiah, don't you? Should I take what belongs to the Messiah and unite them with a prostitute? Certainly not!
16 Or, do you not know that the person who is joined to a prostitute is one body [with her, physically]? For God says [Gen. 2:24], "The two will become one flesh" [i.e., united in such a close relationship as to practically constitute one body].
16 Or (AD)do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, “(AE)The two shall become one flesh.”
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
16 Don’t you know that anyone joined to a prostitute is one body with her? For Scripture says, The two will become one flesh.(Y)(g)
16 You know that the person who unites himself with a prostitute becomes one body with her, don't you? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."
17 But the person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit [with Him]. [Note: Just as the person who has sex with someone enters a close physical union with that person, so the person who becomes a Christian enters a close spiritual union with Christ].
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
17 But the person who unites himself with the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
18 Stay away from [any involvement in] sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside [the realm] of his body; but the one who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. [Note: Possibly this means that sex, because it requires the deepest and most complete commitment of human involvement, becomes a unique sin when its true purpose and expression are violated].
18 (AG)Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the (j)immoral man sins against his own body.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
18 Run(AB) from sexual immorality! “Every sin a person can commit is outside the body.”(h) On the contrary, the person who is sexually immoral(AC) sins against his own body.
18 Keep on running away from sexual immorality. Any other sin that a person commits is outside his body, but the person who sins sexually sins against his own body.
19 Or, do you not know that your [physical] body is a temple [i.e., sanctuary] for the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves,
19 Or (AH)do you not know that (AI)your body is a (k)temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from (l)God, and that (AJ)you are not your own?
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
19 Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary(AD) of the Holy Spirit(AE) who is in you,(AF) whom you have from God? You are not your own,
19 You know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, don't you? You do not belong to yourselves,
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