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1 Corinthians 6

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBDare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
    KJVDare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
  2. 2
    WEBDon’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?
    KJVDo 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?
  3. 3
    WEBDon’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
    KJVKnow ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
  4. 4
    WEBIf then you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?
    KJVIf then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
  5. 5
    WEBI 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?
    KJVI 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?
  6. 6
    WEBBut brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers!
    KJVBut brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
  7. 7
    WEBTherefore 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?
    KJVNow 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?
  8. 8
    WEBNo, but you yourselves do wrong and defraud, and that against your brothers.
    KJVNay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
  9. 9
    WEBOr 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,
    KJVKnow 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,
  10. 10
    WEBnor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.
    KJVNor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  11. 11
    WEBSome 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.
    KJVAnd 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.
  12. 12
    WEB“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.
    KJVAll 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.
  13. 13
    WEB“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.
    KJVMeats 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.
  14. 14
    WEBNow God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.
    KJVAnd God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
  15. 15
    WEBDon’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!
    KJVKnow 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.
  16. 16
    WEBOr don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”
    KJVWhat? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
  17. 17
    WEBBut he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
    KJVBut he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
  18. 18
    WEBFlee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
    KJVFlee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
  19. 19
    WEBOr 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,
    KJVWhat? 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?
  20. 20
    WEBfor you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
    KJVFor ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
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