1 Corinto 6
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Demanda Laban sa Kapatid sa Panginoon
6 Kapag may reklamo ang isa sa inyo laban sa kanyang kapatid, bakit dinadala niya ito sa hukom na hindi sumasampalataya sa Dios? Dapat dalhin niya ito sa mga sumasampalataya sa Dios[a] 2 Hindi nʼyo ba alam na sa mga huling araw tayong mga banal ang hahatol sa mga tao sa mundo? At kung kayo ang hahatol sa mga tao sa mundo, wala ba kayong kakayahang hatulan ang maliliit na bagay na iyan? 3 Hindi nʼyo ba alam na tayo ang hahatol sa mga anghel? At kung kaya nating gawin ito, mas lalong kaya ninyong ayusin ang mga alitan sa buhay na ito. 4 Kaya kung mayroon kayong mga alitan, bakit dinadala pa ninyo ito sa mga taong hindi kinikilala ng iglesya? 5 Mahiya naman kayo! Wala na ba talagang marurunong sa inyo na may kakayahang umayos ng mga alitan ng mga mananampalataya? 6 Ang nangyayari, nagdedemandahan ang magkakapatid sa Panginoon, at sa harapan pa ng mga hindi mananampalataya!
7 Kayo mismo ang talo sa pagkakaroon ninyo ng mga kaso laban sa isaʼt isa. Bakit hindi na lang ninyo tiisin ang mga gumagawa ng masama at nandaraya sa inyo? 8 Ngunit ang nangyayari, kayo pa mismo ang gumagawa ng masama at nandaraya, at ginagawa ninyo ito mismo sa inyong kapatid sa Panginoon. 9-10 Hindi nʼyo ba alam na hindi magmamana ng kaharian ng Dios ang masasama? Huwag kayong palilinlang! Sapagkat kailanmaʼy hindi magmamana ng kaharian ng Dios ang mga imoral,[b] sumasamba sa dios-diosan, nangangalunya, nakikipagrelasyon sa kapwa lalaki o babae, magnanakaw, sakim, lasenggo, mapanlait, at mandarambong. 11 At ganyan nga ang ilan sa inyo noon. Ngunit nilinis na kayo sa inyong mga kasalanan at ibinukod na kayo ng Dios para maging kanya; itinuring na kayong matuwid dahil sa Panginoong Jesu-Cristo at sa Espiritu ng ating Dios.
Ang Katawan Ninyo ay Templo ng Banal na Espiritu
12 Maaaring may magsabi sa inyo ng ganito, “Pwede kong gawin ang kahit ano.” Totoo iyan, ngunit hindi lahat ng bagay ay nakakabuti sa inyo. Kaya kahit pwede kong gawin ang kahit ano, hindi naman ako paaalipin dito. 13 Maaari rin namang sabihin ng iba, “Ang pagkain ay ginawa para sa tiyan at ang tiyan ay para sa pagkain.” Totoo iyan, ngunit darating ang araw na pareho itong sisirain ng Dios. Ang katawan ay hindi para sa sekswal na imoralidad kundi para sa paglilingkod sa Dios; at ang Dios ang nag-iingat nito. 14 Ang katawan natiʼy muling bubuhayin ng Dios sa huling araw, tulad ng ginawa niya sa ating Panginoon.
15 Hindi baʼt tayong mga mananampalataya ay bahagi ng katawan ni Cristo? Iyan ang dahilan kung bakit hindi talaga natin maaaring gamitin ang ating katawan, na bahagi ng katawan ni Cristo, sa pakikipagtalik sa babaeng bayaran. 16 Hindi baʼt ang nakikipagtalik sa ganoong babae ay nagiging kaisang-katawan niya? Sapagkat sinasabi sa Kasulatan, “Silang dalawaʼy magiging isa.”[c] 17 At kung nakikipag-isa tayo sa Panginoong Jesu-Cristo kaisa niya tayo sa espiritu.
18 Kaya lumayo kayo sa sekswal na imoralidad. Ang ibang kasalanang ginagawa ng tao ay walang kinalaman sa kanyang katawan, ngunit ang gumagawa ng sekswal na imoralidad ay nagkakasala sa sarili niyang katawan. 19 Hindi baʼt ang katawan ninyo ay templo ng Banal na Espiritung nasa inyo at tinanggap ninyo mula sa Dios? Kung ganoon, ang katawan ninyoʼy hindi sa inyo kundi sa Dios, 20 dahil tinubos kayo ng Dios sa napakalaking halaga. Kaya gamitin ninyo ang inyong katawan sa paraang ikapupuri ng Dios.
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.
1 Corinthians 6
New International Version
Lawsuits Among Believers
6 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) 2 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? 3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life! 4 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? 5 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) 6 But instead, one brother(E) takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers!(F)
7 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) 8 Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters.(H) 9 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 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.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16 Gen. 2:24
- 1 Corinthians 6:17 Or in the Spirit
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