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¶ Lè yonn nan nou gen kont ak yon frè, ki jan l' ka penmèt li al nan tribinal devan moun ki pa konn Bondye, pase pou l' mande moun ki fè pati pèp Bondye a regle sa pou li?

Kouman? Se konnen nou pa konnen moun ki fè pati pèp Bondye a gen pou jije moun ki nan lemonn yo? Si nou gen pou nou jije moun k'ap viv dapre lide ki nan lemonn yo, ki jan nou fè pa kapab jije bagay ki pi piti pase sa?

Se konnen nou pa konnen nou gen pou n' jije ata zanj Bondye yo tou? Se pa ti bagay k'ap pase sou latè sa a pou n' pa ta kapab jije.

Si nou gen kont pou ti bagay konsa, nou pa ka al pran moun ki pa anyen nan legliz la pou jije nou.

Mwen wont pou nou. Konsa, gen lè pa gen pesonn nan mitan nou ki gen bon konprann dekwa pou regle kont nou gen yonn ak lòt,

kifè yon frè blije rele yon lòt frè nan tribinal pou fè moun ki tou pa kwè yo jije nou?

Sa ki pi rèd, si nou ka gen pwose yonn ak lòt, sa deja moutre jan nou pa bon menm. Poukisa nou pa asepte soufri lenjistis pito? Poukisa nou pa kite yo piye nou pito?

Okontrè, mwen wè se nou menm k'ap fè lòt lenjistis, k'ap piye yo, epi ki moun n'ap fè sa, se pwòp frè nou nan Kris la!

¶ Nou konnen byen pwòp moun ki mechan p'ap resevwa anyen nan peyi kote Bondye wa a. Pa twonpe tèt nou: moun k'ap viv nan dezòd, moun k'ap sèvi zidòl, moun k'ap viv nan adiltè, moun pèvèti k'ap sèvi fanm ak fanm, gason ak gason,

10 moun k'ap vòlò, moun ki gen lanvi plen kè yo, tafyatè, moun k'ap pale moun mal, piyajè, yo yonn p'ap resevwa anyen nan peyi kote Bondye wa a.

11 Anpil nan nou, se sa menm nou te ye. Men, koulye a Bondye mete nou nan kondisyon pou nou sèvi l'. Gremesi Jezikri, Seyè a, li mete nou apa pou li, li fè nou gras pa pouvwa Lespri Bondye nou an.

12 ¶ Gen kèk moun nan nou ki di: Mwen gen dwa fè tout bagay. Wi, ou gen dwa fè tout bagay. Men, tout bagay pa bon pou fè. Mwen ka di mwen gen dwa fè tout bagay. Men, mwen p'ap kite anyen fè m' tounen esklav li, li te mèt sa l' te ye.

13 Nou di tou: Manje fèt pou vant, vant fèt pou manje. Se vre. Men, Bondye ap detwi ni yonn ni lòt. Kò moun pa fèt pou dezòd lachè. Se pou Seyè a li ye, Seyè a se pou kò a li ye.

14 Bondye te fè Seyè a leve soti vivan nan lanmò. La fè menm bagay la tou pou nou ak pouvwa li.

15 Nou konnen, pa vre, kò nou se manm kò Kris la. Eske mwen ka pran yon mann kò Kris la pou m' fè l' tounen yon manm kò yon fanm k'ap fè jennès? Pa posib!

16 Eske nou pa konn sa: yon nonm ki mete kò l' ak yon fanm ki nan jennès, li fè yon sèl kò avèk li. Se sa Liv la di: yo tou de va fè yon sèl kò.

17 Men, moun ki mete l' avèk Seyè a, li fè yon sèl lespri avèk li.

18 Kouri pou dezòd lachè. Yon moun te mèt fè tout lòt kalite peche, sa pa fè kò l' anyen. Men, moun ki lage kò l' nan dezòd lachè, li fè peche kont pwòp kò li.

19 Se konnen nou pa konnen kò nou se tanp Sentespri k'ap viv nan kè nou, Sentespri Bondye te ban nou an? Nou pa mèt tèt nou ankò.

20 Bondye achte nou kach, li peye chè pou sa. Se poutèt sa, sèvi ak kò nou yon jan pou fè lwanj Bondye.

Lawsuits Among Believers

If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people?(A) Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world?(B) And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church? I say this to shame you.(C) Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?(D) But instead, one brother(E) takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers!(F)

The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?(G) Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters.(H) Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?(I) Do not be deceived:(J) Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers(K) nor men who have sex with men[a](L) 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers(M) will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were.(N) But you were washed,(O) you were sanctified,(P) you were justified(Q) in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Sexual Immorality

12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.(R) “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.”(S) The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord,(T) and the Lord for the body. 14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead,(U) and he will raise us also.(V) 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?(W) Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”[b](X) 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.[c](Y)

18 Flee from sexual immorality.(Z) All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.(AA) 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples(AB) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;(AC) 20 you were bought at a price.(AD) Therefore honor God with your bodies.(AE)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 The words men who have sex with men translate two Greek words that refer to the passive and active participants in homosexual acts.
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:16 Gen. 2:24
  3. 1 Corinthians 6:17 Or in the Spirit