1 Corinthians 6:9-10:26
King James Version
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,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of 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.
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.
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.
14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
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.
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
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?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
7 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I.
9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
8 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
9 Am I am not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?
5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
9 For it is written in the law of Moses, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
10 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10:26
New King James Version
9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. (A)Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]homosexuals, nor [b]sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were (B)some of you. (C)But you were washed, but you were [c]sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Glorify God in Body and Spirit
12 (D)All things are lawful for me, but all things are not [d]helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of [e]any. 13 (E)Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for (F)sexual immorality but (G)for the Lord, (H)and the Lord for the body. 14 And (I)God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up (J)by His power.
15 Do you not know that (K)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For (L)“the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” 17 (M)But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
18 (N)Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins (O)against his own body. 19 Or (P)do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, (Q)and you are not your own? 20 For (R)you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [f]and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Principles of Marriage
7 Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me:
(S)It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3 (T)Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 (U)Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that (V)Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 But I say this as a concession, (W)not as a commandment. 7 For (X)I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: (Y)It is good for them if they remain even as I am; 9 but (Z)if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
Keep Your Marriage Vows
10 Now to the married I command, yet not I but the (AA)Lord: (AB)A wife is not to depart from her husband. 11 But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.
12 But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her. 13 And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise (AC)your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. 15 But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us (AD)to peace. 16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will (AE)save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
Live as You Are Called
17 But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And (AF)so I [g]ordain in all the churches. 18 Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? (AG)Let him not be circumcised. 19 (AH)Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but (AI)keeping the commandments of God is what matters. 20 Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called. 21 Were you called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it. 22 For he who is called in the Lord while a slave is (AJ)the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called while free is (AK)Christ’s slave. 23 (AL)You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. 24 Brethren, let each one remain with (AM)God in that state in which he was called.
To the Unmarried and Widows
25 Now concerning virgins: (AN)I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one (AO)whom the Lord in His mercy has made (AP)trustworthy. 26 I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress—(AQ)that it is good for a man to remain as he is: 27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such will have trouble in the flesh, but I would spare you.
29 But (AR)this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none, 30 those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess, 31 and those who use this world as not (AS)misusing it. For (AT)the form of this world is passing away.
32 But I want you to be without [h]care. (AU)He who is unmarried [i]cares for the things of the Lord—how he may please the Lord. 33 But he who is married cares about the things of the world—how he may please his wife. 34 There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman (AV)cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband. 35 And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.
36 But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his [j]virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he wishes. He does not sin; let them marry. 37 Nevertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his [k]virgin, does well. 38 (AW)So then he who gives [l]her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.
39 (AX)A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, (AY)only in the Lord. 40 But she is happier if she remains as she is, (AZ)according to my judgment—and (BA)I think I also have the Spirit of God.
Be Sensitive to Conscience
8 Now (BB)concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have (BC)knowledge. (BD)Knowledge [m]puffs up, but love [n]edifies. 2 And (BE)if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.
4 Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that (BF)an idol is nothing in the world, (BG)and that there is no other God but one. 5 For even if there are (BH)so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), 6 yet (BI)for us there is one God, the Father, (BJ)of whom are all things, and we for Him; and (BK)one Lord Jesus Christ, (BL)through whom are all things, and (BM)through whom we live.
7 However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, (BN)with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is (BO)defiled. 8 But (BP)food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.
9 But (BQ)beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become (BR)a [o]stumbling block to those who are weak. 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will not (BS)the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols? 11 And (BT)because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But (BU)when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, (BV)if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.
A Pattern of Self-Denial
9 Am (BW)I not an apostle? Am I not free? (BX)Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? (BY)Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are (BZ)the [p]seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 (CA)Do we have no [q]right to eat and drink? 5 Do we have no right to take along [r]a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, (CB)the brothers of the Lord, and (CC)Cephas? 6 Or is it only Barnabas and I (CD)who have no right to refrain from working? 7 Who ever (CE)goes to war at his own expense? Who (CF)plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who (CG)tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?
8 Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also? 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, (CH)“You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it oxen God is concerned about? 10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written, that (CI)he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope. 11 (CJ)If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things? 12 If others are partakers of this right over you, are we not even more?
(CK)Nevertheless we have not used this right, but endure all things (CL)lest we hinder the gospel of Christ. 13 (CM)Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the (CN)temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar? 14 Even so (CO)the Lord has commanded (CP)that those who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.
15 But (CQ)I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for (CR)it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void. 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for (CS)necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this willingly, (CT)I have a reward; but if against my will, (CU)I have been entrusted with a stewardship. 18 What is my reward then? That (CV)when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel [s]of Christ without charge, that I (CW)may not abuse my authority in the gospel.
Serving All Men
19 For though I am (CX)free from all men, (CY)I have made myself a servant to all, (CZ)that I might win the more; 20 and (DA)to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the [t]law, that I might win those who are under the law; 21 (DB)to (DC)those who are without law, as without law (DD)(not being without [u]law toward God, but under [v]law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22 (DE)to the weak I became [w]as weak, that I might win the weak. (DF)I have become all things to all men, (DG)that I might by all means save some. 23 Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.
Striving for a Crown
24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? (DH)Run in such a way that you may [x]obtain it. 25 And everyone who competes for the prize [y]is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for (DI)an imperishable crown. 26 Therefore I run thus: (DJ)not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. 27 (DK)But I discipline my body and (DL)bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become (DM)disqualified.
Old Testament Examples
10 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under (DN)the cloud, all passed through (DO)the sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 all ate the same (DP)spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same (DQ)spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies (DR)were scattered in the wilderness.
6 Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as (DS)they also lusted. 7 (DT)And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, (DU)“The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” 8 (DV)Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as (DW)some of them did, and (DX)in one day twenty-three thousand fell; 9 nor let us [z]tempt Christ, as (DY)some of them also tempted, and (DZ)were destroyed by serpents; 10 nor complain, as (EA)some of them also complained, and (EB)were destroyed by (EC)the destroyer. 11 Now [aa]all these things happened to them as examples, and (ED)they were written for our [ab]admonition, (EE)upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
12 Therefore (EF)let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but (EG)God is faithful, (EH)who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to [ac]bear it.
Flee from Idolatry
14 Therefore, my beloved, (EI)flee from idolatry. 15 I speak as to (EJ)wise men; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 (EK)The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the [ad]communion of the blood of Christ? (EL)The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For (EM)we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.
18 Observe (EN)Israel (EO)after the flesh: (EP)Are not those who eat of the sacrifices [ae]partakers of the altar? 19 What am I saying then? (EQ)That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? 20 Rather, that the things which the Gentiles (ER)sacrifice (ES)they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. 21 (ET)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and (EU)the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the (EV)Lord’s table and of the table of demons. 22 Or do we (EW)provoke the Lord to jealousy? (EX)Are we stronger than He?
All to the Glory of God(EY)
23 All things are lawful [af]for me, but not all things are (EZ)helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things [ag]edify. 24 Let no one seek his own, but each one (FA)the other’s well-being.
25 (FB)Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience’ sake; 26 for (FC)“the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.”
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 catamites, those submitting to homosexuals
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 male homosexuals
- 1 Corinthians 6:11 set apart
- 1 Corinthians 6:12 profitable
- 1 Corinthians 6:12 Or anything
- 1 Corinthians 6:20 NU omits the rest of v. 20.
- 1 Corinthians 7:17 direct
- 1 Corinthians 7:32 concern
- 1 Corinthians 7:32 is concerned about
- 1 Corinthians 7:36 Or virgin daughter
- 1 Corinthians 7:37 Or virgin daughter
- 1 Corinthians 7:38 NU his own virgin
- 1 Corinthians 8:1 makes arrogant
- 1 Corinthians 8:1 builds up
- 1 Corinthians 8:9 cause of offense
- 1 Corinthians 9:2 certification
- 1 Corinthians 9:4 authority
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 Lit. a sister, a wife
- 1 Corinthians 9:18 NU omits of Christ
- 1 Corinthians 9:20 NU adds though not being myself under the law
- 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU God’s law
- 1 Corinthians 9:21 NU Christ’s law
- 1 Corinthians 9:22 NU omits as
- 1 Corinthians 9:24 win
- 1 Corinthians 9:25 exercises self-control
- 1 Corinthians 10:9 test
- 1 Corinthians 10:11 NU omits all
- 1 Corinthians 10:11 instruction
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 endure
- 1 Corinthians 10:16 fellowship or sharing
- 1 Corinthians 10:18 fellowshippers or sharers
- 1 Corinthians 10:23 NU omits for me
- 1 Corinthians 10:23 build up
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
