1 Corinto 6
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ayusin ang Awayan ng Kapatiran
6 Kung may reklamo ang sinuman sa inyo laban sa kanyang kapatid sa pananampalataya, bakit siya nagsasakdal sa mga hukom na di-mananampalataya, sa halip na ipaubaya sa mga hinirang ng Diyos ang pag-aayos ng usapin nila? 2 Hindi ba ninyo alam na ang mga hinirang ng Diyos ang hahatol sa sanlibutan? Kung kayo ang hahatol sa sanlibutan, hindi ba ninyo kayang hatulan ang ganyang kaliit na bagay? 3 Hindi ba ninyo alam na hahatulan natin ang mga anghel? Gaano na lang ang mga bagay na may kinalaman sa buhay na ito! 4 Kung may mga usapin kayo, bakit ninyo ito idinudulog sa mga taong hindi kinikilala ng iglesya? 5 Dapat kayong mahiya! Wala bang isa man lang sa inyo na marunong mag-ayos ng awayan ng magkakapatid? 6 Bakit nagsasakdal kayo sa hukuman, kapatid laban sa kapatid, at sa harap pa naman ng mga di-mananampalataya?
7 Ang pagkakaroon ninyo ng usapin laban sa isa't isa ay isa nang kabiguan sa inyo. Bakit hindi na lang ninyo hayaang gawan kayo ng masama? Bakit hindi na lamang ninyo hayaang madaya kayo? 8 Subalit kayo mismo ang gumagawa ng masama at nandaraya, kahit na sa mga sarili ninyong mga kapatid sa pananampalataya. 9 Hindi ba ninyo alam na ang mga makasalanan ay walang bahagi sa kaharian ng Diyos? Huwag ninyong dayain ang inyong sarili! Ang mga nakikiapid, sumasamba sa diyus-diyosan, nangangalunya, nakikipagtalik sa kapwa lalaki o kapwa babae, 10 nagnanakaw, sakim, naglalasing, nanlalait ng kapwa, o nandaraya, ay walang bahagi sa kaharian ng Diyos. 11 Ganyan ang ilan sa inyo noon. Subalit nilinis na kayo sa inyong mga kasalanan at ginawa na kayong banal ng Diyos. Pinawalang-sala na kayo sa pangalan ng Panginoong Jesu-Cristo at sa pamamagitan ng Espiritu ng ating Diyos.
Ang Katawan Ninyo'y Templo ng Diyos
12 May(A) magsasabi, “Malaya akong makagagawa ng kahit ano,” ngunit ang sagot ko naman ay “Hindi lahat ng bagay ay nakakabuti.” Maaari ko ring sabihin, “Malaya akong gumawa ng kahit ano,” ngunit hindi ako magpapaalipin sa anumang bagay. 13 Sasabihin naman ng iba, “Ang pagkain ay para sa tiyan at ang tiyan ay para sa pagkain.” Totoo iyan, ngunit parehong sisirain ng Diyos ang mga ito. Ang katawan ay hindi para sa imoralidad sapagkat ito'y para sa paglilingkod sa Panginoon, at ang Panginoon naman ang nag-aalaga sa katawan. 14 Muling binuhay ng Diyos si Jesu-Cristo, at tayo man ay muling bubuhayin sa pamamagitan ng kanyang kapangyarihan.
15 Hindi ba ninyo alam na ang inyong mga katawan ay mga bahagi ng katawan ni Cristo? Kukunin ko ba ang bahagi ng katawan ni Cristo upang gawing bahagi ng katawan ng isang babaing nagbebenta ng aliw? Hinding-hindi! 16 Hindi(B) ba ninyo alam na nagiging isa ang katawan ng bayarang babae at ng nakikipagtalik sa kanya? Sapagkat sinasabi sa kasulatan, “Ang dalawa'y magiging isa.” 17 Ang nakikipag-isa sa Panginoon ay nakikipag-isa sa kanya sa espiritu.
18 Iwasan ninyo ang imoralidad. Ang ibang kasalanang nagagawa ng tao ay hindi nakakasira sa katawan, ngunit ang gumagawa ng imoralidad ay nagkakasala laban sa sarili niyang katawan. 19 Hindi(C) ba ninyo alam na ang inyong katawan ay templo ng Espiritu Santo na nasa inyo at ipinagkaloob ng Diyos sa inyo? Hindi ninyo pag-aari ang inyong katawan; 20 sapagkat binili na kayo sa isang halaga. Kaya't gamitin ninyo ang inyong katawan upang maparangalan ang Diyos.
1 Corinthians 6
Living Bible
6 How is it that when you have something against another Christian, you “go to law” and ask a heathen court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other Christians to decide which of you is right? 2 Don’t you know that someday we Christians are going to judge and govern the world? So why can’t you decide even these little things among yourselves? 3 Don’t you realize that we Christians will judge and reward the very angels in heaven? So you should be able to decide your problems down here on earth easily enough. 4 Why then go to outside judges who are not even Christians?[a] 5 I am trying to make you ashamed. Isn’t there anyone in all the church who is wise enough to decide these arguments? 6 But, instead, one Christian sues another and accuses his Christian brother in front of unbelievers.
7 To have such lawsuits at all is a real defeat for you as Christians. Why not just accept mistreatment and leave it at that? It would be far more honoring to the Lord to let yourselves be cheated. 8 But, instead, you yourselves are the ones who do wrong, cheating others, even your own brothers.
9-10 Don’t you know that those doing such things have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who live immoral lives, who are idol worshipers, adulterers or homosexuals—will have no share in his Kingdom. Neither will thieves or greedy people, drunkards, slanderers, or robbers. 11 There was a time when some of you were just like that but now your sins are washed away, and you are set apart for God; and he has accepted you because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.
12 I can do anything I want to if Christ has not said no,[b] but some of these things aren’t good for me. Even if I am allowed to do them, I’ll refuse to if I think they might get such a grip on me that I can’t easily stop when I want to. 13 For instance, take the matter of eating. God has given us an appetite for food and stomachs to digest it. But that doesn’t mean we should eat more than we need. Don’t think of eating as important because someday God will do away with both stomachs and food.
But sexual sin is never right: our bodies were not made for that but for the Lord, and the Lord wants to fill our bodies with himself. 14 And God is going to raise our bodies from the dead by his power just as he raised up the Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Don’t you realize that your bodies are actually parts and members of Christ? So should I take part of Christ and join him to a prostitute? Never! 16 And don’t you know that if a man joins himself to a prostitute she becomes a part of him and he becomes a part of her? For God tells us in the Scripture that in his sight the two become one person. 17 But if you give yourself to the Lord, you and Christ are joined together as one person.
18 That is why I say to run from sex sin. No other sin affects the body as this one does. When you sin this sin it is against your own body. 19 Haven’t you yet learned that your body is the home of the Holy Spirit God gave you, and that he lives within you? Your own body does not belong to you. 20 For God has bought you with a great price. So use every part of your body to give glory back to God because he owns it.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 6:4 Why then go to outside judges who are not even Christians? or “Even the least capable people in the church should be able to decide these things for you.” Both interpretations are possible.
- 1 Corinthians 6:12 I can do anything I want to if Christ has not said no, literally, “All things are lawful for me.” Obviously, Paul is not here permitting sins such as just have been expressly prohibited in vv. 9-10. He is apparently quoting some in the church of lustful Corinth who were excusing their sins.
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