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1 Korint 5-8
Haitian Creole Version
1 Korint 5-8
Haitian Creole Version
5 ¶ Toupatou y'ap fè kouri bri jan gen dezòd lachè k'ap fèt nan mitan nou. Dezòd la sitèlman wòd, ata moun lòt nasyon yo pa ta fè bagay konsa. Y'ap mache di gen yonn nan nou k'ap viv ak madanm papa li.
2 Apre sa, ki jan nou ka fè gen lògèy ankò? Okontrè, se bagay ki pou ta fè nou kriye anpil. Epi, nonm ki fè bagay sa a, se pou n' te wete l' nan mitan nou.
3 Mwen menm, mwen pa la avèk nou nan kò m', men mwen la nan lespri m'. Pou tèt pa m', nan non Jezikri, Seyè a, mwen deja jije nonm ki fè kalite vye bagay lèd sa a, tankou si m' te la avèk nou.
4 Lè n'a reyini ansanm, m'a la tou avèk nou nan lespri, pa pouvwa Jezikri, Seyè nou an.
5 Se pou n' lage nonm sa a nan men Satan pou kò l' ka peri. Se konsa lespri l' ka jwenn delivrans lè jou Seyè a va rive.
6 Nanpwen anyen la a pou n'ap fè grandizè! Nou konn pawòl la ki di: Se yon ti kras ledven ki fè tout pa t' la leve.
7 ¶ Wete vye ledven peche sa a pou nou ka tounen yon lòt kalite moun. Lè sa a, n'a tankou yon pa t' ki fèk bat, san ledven ladan li. Pou di vre, se sa menm nou ye deja. Paske Delivrans nou, se Kris la menm. Yo ofri l' bay Bondye pou nou deja tankou ti mouton yo konn touye lè fèt la.
8 Se pa pou n' fete fèt la avèk pen ki gen vye ledven an, ledven vis ak mechanste. Men, ann fete l' avèk pen san ledven an, pen ki bon pou moun k'ap sèvi Bondye ak tout kè yo.
9 ¶ Nan lèt mwen te ekri nou an, mwen te mande pou n' pa mele ak moun k'ap viv nan imoralite.
10 Lè sa a, mwen pa t' gen nan lide mande nou pou n' separe ak tout moun sou latè k'ap viv nan dezòd lachè, ki gen lanvi plen kè yo, k'ap vòlò osinon k'ap sèvi zidòl. Pou n' ta egzante tout moun sa yo, se kite pou n' ta kite tè a nèt.
11 Mwen te vle di pou n' pa mele ak yon nonm ki swadizan frè nou nan Kris la, men k'ap viv nan dezòd, ki gen lanvi plen kè l', k'ap sèvi zidòl, k'ap pale moun mal, ki tafyatè, osinon ki vòlò. Nou pa dwe menm chita sou menm tab pou n' manje ak yon nonm konsa.
12 Zafè moun deyò pa gade m', mwen pa gen dwa jije yo. Se Bondye ki va jije yo.
13 Men, èske se pa devwa nou pou n' jije moun ki anndan yo, moun ki ansanm avè n' yo? Tankou yo di l' nan Liv la: Wete mechan an nan mitan nou.
6 ¶ 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?
2 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?
3 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.
4 Si nou gen kont pou ti bagay konsa, nou pa ka al pran moun ki pa anyen nan legliz la pou jije nou.
5 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,
6 kifè yon frè blije rele yon lòt frè nan tribinal pou fè moun ki tou pa kwè yo jije nou?
7 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?
8 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!
9 ¶ 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.
7 ¶ Bon. Koulye a ann wè keksyon nou te mande m' nan lèt nou an: Wi. Yon nonm fè byen si l' pa marye.
2 Men, sitèlman gen dezòd lachè deyò a, se pou chak gason gen madanm pa yo. Konsa tou, se pou chak fanm gen mari pa yo.
3 Se pou gason an fè tout devwa yon mari dwe fè anvè madanm li. Konsa tou, se pou fanm lan fè tout devwa yon madanm dwe fè anvè mari li.
4 Madanm lan pa ka fè sa l' vle ak kò li. Se pou mari a kò madanm lan ye. Konsa tou, yon mari pa ka fè sa l' vle ak kò li. Se pou madanm lan kò mari a ye.
5 Piga yonn repouse lòt, esepte si nou te antann nou sou sa pou yon moman pou nou ka lapriyè. Men apre sa, tounen tounen nou ansanm pou n' viv tankou mari ak madanm. Si nou pa fè l' konsa, nou riske pa ka kontwole kò nou ankò. Lè sa a, n'a ka tonbe pi fasil nan pèlen Satan.
6 Se pa yon lòd m'ap bay lè m' di sa, men se yon pèmisyon.
7 Pou di vre, mwen ta pito wè tout moun fè tankou mwen. Men, chak moun gen kado pa yo Bondye ba yo. Yon moun resevwa yon kalite kado, yon lòt moun resevwa yon lòt kalite kado.
8 Men sa m'ap di moun ki pa marye yo ansanm ak vèv yo. Li ta pi bon pou yo rete tankou m', pou kont yo.
9 Men, si nou pa ka kontwole kò nou, marye marye nou. Pito nou marye pase pou n' kite lanvi boule nou.
10 ¶ Kanta pou moun marye yo, men lòd mwen ba yo (Sa pa soti nan mwen non, men nan Seyè a menm): Lè yon fanm marye, li pa dwe kite ak mari li.
11 Si li rive kite avè l', se pou l' rete pou kont li, san l' pa remarye. Pase pou l' ta remarye, pito li tounen ak mari l' ankò. Konsa tou, yon mari pa dwe mete madanm li deyò.
12 Pou lòt yo menm, men sa m'ap di: (Fwa sa a, sa se konsèy pa mwen. Sa pa soti nan Seyè a.) Si yon mari ki gen konfyans nan Kris la gen yon fanm ki pa gen konfyans nan Kris la, epi si fanm lan dakò pou l' kontinye viv avè l', mari a pa gen dwa mete l' deyò.
13 Konsa tou, si yon fanm ki gen konfyans nan Kris la gen yon mari ki li menm pa gen konfyans nan Kris la, epi si mari a dakò pou l' kontinye viv avè li, li pa fèt pou kite ak mari a.
14 Mari ki pa gen konfyans lan, Bondye asepte l' paske l'ap viv ansanm ak madanm li ki gen konfyans. Konsa tou, madanm ki pa gen konfyans lan, Bondye asepte l' paske l'ap viv ansanm ak mari l' ki gen konfyans. Si sa pa t' konsa, pitit nou yo ta tankou pitit moun lòt nasyon yo. Men, jan sa ye a, yo menm tou Bondye asepte yo.
15 Men, si moun ki pa gen konfyans lan vle kite, li mèt kite. Nan ka sa a, frè a osinon sè a pa gen ankenn angajman ankò. Paske, Bondye rele nou pou nou viv ak kè poze.
16 Eske ou konnen, ou menm madanm ki gen konfyans lan, si ou p'ap sove mari ou? Eske ou konnen, ou menm mari ki gen konfyans lan, si ou p'ap sove madanm ou?
17 ¶ Esepte nan ka sa a, se pou chak moun kontinye viv dapre kado Bondye ba yo, jan yo te ye lè Bondye te rele yo a. Se lòd sa a mwen bay nan tout legliz yo.
18 Si yon moun te deja sikonsi lè Bondye te rele l' la, li pa bezwen chache wete mak sikonsizyon an sou li. Si yon moun pa t' sikonsi lè Bondye te rele l' la, li pa bezwen fè yo sikonsi li.
19 Kit ou sikonsi, kit ou pa sikonsi, sa pa konsekan ankò. Sa ki konsekan an se obeyi pou nou obeyi kòmandman Bondye yo.
20 Se pou chak moun rete jan yo te ye lè Bondye te rele yo a.
21 Si ou te esklav lè Bondye te rele ou la, pa chaje tèt ou pou sa. Men, si chans pou ou ou ka vin lib, pwofite chans lan.
22 Yon moun ki esklav, depi Bondye rele l', se yon moun lib sou kont Seyè a li ye. Konsa tou, moun ki lib la, depi Bondye rele l', se esklav Kris la li ye.
23 Bondye te achte nou. Li peye byen chè pou sa. Pa tounen esklav moun.
24 Frè m' yo, se pou chak moun rete devan Bondye nan kondisyon yo te ye lè Bondye te rele yo a.
25 ¶ Kanta pou moun ki pa marye yo, Seyè a pa ban m' ankenn lòd pou yo. M'ap bay lide pa m', epi nou te mèt fè m' konfyans akòz favè Bondye fè m' nan kè sansib li gen pou mwen an.
26 Jan tan an difisil koulye a, men lide m' fè nan tèt mwen. Mwen kwè sa bon pou yon nonm rete jan l' ye a.
27 Si l' gen tan gen yon madanm, li pa bezwen chache separe avè li. Si l' poko marye, li pa bezwen chache yon madanm.
28 Si l' ta vle marye tou, li mèt; li p'ap fè ankenn peche. Konsa tou, si yon jenn fi vle marye, li pa fè peche pou sa. Men, moun k'ap marye yo pral gen kont traka yo nan lavi a. Mwen pa ta renmen wè sa rive yo.
29 Frè m' yo, men sa m' vle di: Pa gen anpil tan ki rete ankò. Depi koulye a, se pou moun marye yo viv tankou si yo pa t' marye.
30 Se pou moun k'ap kriye yo viv tankou moun ki pa gen lapenn. Moun ki gen kè kontan yo, se pou yo viv tankou moun ki pa gen kè kontan. Se pou moun k'ap achte yo viv tankou si sa yo achte a pa t' pou yo.
31 Moun ki rich sou latè, se pou yo viv tankou moun ki pa gen anyen. Paske, jan sa ye koulye a nan lemonn, sa pa la pou lontan ankò.
32 Mwen pa ta renmen wè nou gen ankenn tèt chaje. Yon nonm ki pa marye, l'ap okipe zafè Seyè a sèlman. L'ap chache fè Seyè a plezi.
33 Yon moun ki marye, l'ap okipe zafè lemonn tou paske l'ap chache fè madanm li plezi.
34 Lè sa a, li vin gen de okipasyon. Konsa tou, yon fanm ki san mari, osinon yon jenn fi ki pa marye, sè zafè Seyè a sèlman y'ap okipe, paske yo vle mete tout kò yo, tout nanm yo apa pou li. Men, sa ki marye yo ap okipe zafè lemonn tou, paske y'ap chache fè mari yo plezi.
35 Se pou byen nou m'ap di nou sa. Mwen pa vle mare pye pesonn. Okontrè, mwen vle pou nou tout viv jan nou wè l' pi bon pou nou an, epi pou nou toujou rete fè m' ap sèvi Seyè a san dezanpare.
36 ¶ Ann wè koulye a keksyon de fiyanse ki pran desizyon pou yo rete san yo pa marye. Si jenn gason an santi li pa ka kontinye aji jan l' te dwe ak jenn fi a, si l' pa ka kontwole lanvi l' ankò, si l' wè se nesesè pou yo marye, yo mèt marye jan l' vle l' la. Li pa fè ankenn peche pou sa.
37 Konsa tou, si jenn gason an pran fèm desizyon pou l' pa marye, si l' kapab kontwole volonte l', si li deside nan tèt li se sa pou l' fè, enben, li fè byen si l' pa marye ak jenn fi a.
38 Konsa, jenn gason ki marye ak fiyanse l' la fè byen. Men, sa ki pa marye a fè pi byen toujou.
39 ¶ Yon fanm marye gen angajman ak mari l' toutotan mari a vivan. Men, si mari a mouri, li lib marye ak moun li vle, depi se ak yon moun ki patizan Kris la.
40 Men, l'ap gen mwens tèt chaje si l' rete jan l' ye a. Sa se lide pa mwen. Epi mwen kwè poutèt pa m' mwen gen Lespri Bondye a avè mwen.
8 ¶ Ann wè koulye a keksyon vyann bèt yo ofri bay zidòl. Se vre: nou tout nou gen konesans, jan nou di a. Sèlman, konesans fè moun gonfle ak lògèy. Men, se renmen ki pou fè nou grandi nan konfyans nan Kris la tout bon.
2 Moun ki mete nan tèt li li konn kichòy, li poko konnen jan l' dwe konnen an.
3 Men, moun ki renmen Bondye, Bondye konnen li.
4 ¶ Bon, men keksyon an: èske nou ka manje vyann bèt yo ofri bay zidòl? Nou konnen byen pwòp zidòl yo pa reprezante anyen ki vre sou latè. Se yon sèl Bondye a ki genyen.
5 Nou te mèt tande gen lòt swadizan bondye nan syèl la ak sou latè a (sa pa manke: gen anpil bagay ki pase pou bondye, gen anpil yo rele mèt vre),
6 pou nou menm, se yon sèl Bondye a ki genyen: se Papa a ki kreye tout bagay epi se pou li n'ap viv. Pou nou menm, se yon sèl Mèt ki genyen: se Jezikri, se nan li tout bagay soti, se li k'ap fè nou viv tou.
7 ¶ Men, se pa tout moun ki gen konesans sa a. Gen moun ki te sitèlman abitye ak zidòl yo, jouk koulye a, lè y'ap manje yon vyann, yo konprann se vyann bèt ki te ofri bay zidòl y'ap manje. Konsyans yo fèb. Yo santi yo mete tèt yo nan kondisyon yo pa ka sèvi Bondye ak manje a.
8 Men, manje pa ka fè nou vin pi pre Bondye. Nou pa pèdi anyen lè nou pa manje yon kalite manje, ni nou pa genyen anyen lè nou manje yon lòt kalite.
9 Men, fè atansyon pou jan nou santi nou lib fè sa nou vle a sa pa fè yon lòt frè ki fèb nan konfyans li tonbe nan peche.
10 Si yon moun ki gen konsyans li fèb wè ou, ou menm ki gen konesans, ap manje nan yon kay zidòl, sa ka ankouraje l' pou l' manje vyann bèt yo ofri bay zidòl.
11 Nonm sa a ki fèb nan konfyans li a, Kris la te mouri pou sove l' tou, men li va peri akòz konesans ou a.
12 Lè sa a, se pa sèlman kont frè ou yo ou fè peche, se pa sèlman konsyans yo ki fèb ou blese, men se kont Kris la menm ou fè peche.
13 Pase pou yon manje fè frè m' tonbe nan peche, mwen pito pa janm manje vyann ankò pou m' pa fè frè m' tonbe nan peche.
1 Corinthians 5-8
New International Version
1 Corinthians 5-8
New International Version
Dealing With a Case of Incest
5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.(A) 2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning(B) and have put out of your fellowship(C) the man who has been doing this? 3 For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit.(D) As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus(E) on the one who has been doing this. 4 So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, 5 hand this man over(F) to Satan(G) for the destruction of the flesh,[a][b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.(H)
6 Your boasting is not good.(I) Don’t you know that a little yeast(J) leavens the whole batch of dough?(K) 7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.(L) 8 Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread(M) of sincerity and truth.
9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate(N) with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the people of this world(O) who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. 11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister[c](P) but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater(Q) or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.(R)
12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside(S) the church? Are you not to judge those inside?(T) 13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”[d](U)
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?(V) 2 Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world?(W) 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.(X) Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?(Y) 6 But instead, one brother(Z) takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers!(AA)
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?(AB) 8 Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters.(AC) 9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?(AD) Do not be deceived:(AE) Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers(AF) nor men who have sex with men[e](AG) 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers(AH) will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were.(AI) But you were washed,(AJ) you were sanctified,(AK) you were justified(AL) 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.(AM) “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.”(AN) The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord,(AO) and the Lord for the body. 14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead,(AP) and he will raise us also.(AQ) 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?(AR) 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.”[f](AS) 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.[g](AT)
18 Flee from sexual immorality.(AU) All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.(AV) 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples(AW) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;(AX) 20 you were bought at a price.(AY) Therefore honor God with your bodies.(AZ)
Concerning Married Life
7 Now for the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”(BA) 2 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband. 3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife,(BB) and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. 5 Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time,(BC) so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan(BD) will not tempt you(BE) because of your lack of self-control. 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.(BF) 7 I wish that all of you were as I am.(BG) But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.(BH)
8 Now to the unmarried[h] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.(BI) 9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry,(BJ) for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.(BK) 11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband.(BL) And a husband must not divorce his wife.
12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord):(BM) If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.(BN)
15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.(BO) 16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save(BP) your husband?(BQ) Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
Concerning Change of Status
17 Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them.(BR) This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.(BS) 18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.(BT) 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing.(BU) Keeping God’s commands is what counts. 20 Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(BV)
21 Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person;(BW) similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.(BX) 23 You were bought at a price;(BY) do not become slaves of human beings. 24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(BZ)
Concerning the Unmarried
25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord,(CA) but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy(CB) is trustworthy. 26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.(CC) 27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.(CD) 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned;(CE) and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short.(CF) From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; 30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; 31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.(CG)
32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs(CH)—how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.(CI) But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. 35 I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided(CJ) devotion to the Lord.
36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong[i] and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning.(CK) They should get married. 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, he who marries the virgin does right,(CL) but he who does not marry her does better.[j]
39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives.(CM) But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord.(CN) 40 In my judgment,(CO) she is happier if she stays as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
Concerning Food Sacrificed to Idols
8 Now about food sacrificed to idols:(CP) We know that “We all possess knowledge.”(CQ) But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. 2 Those who think they know something(CR) do not yet know as they ought to know.(CS) 3 But whoever loves God is known by God.[k](CT)
4 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols:(CU) We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world”(CV) and that “There is no God but one.”(CW) 5 For even if there are so-called gods,(CX) whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”), 6 yet for us there is but one God,(CY) the Father,(CZ) from whom all things came(DA) and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,(DB) Jesus Christ, through whom all things came(DC) and through whom we live.
7 But not everyone possesses this knowledge.(DD) Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak,(DE) it is defiled. 8 But food does not bring us near to God;(DF) we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block(DG) to the weak.(DH) 10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?(DI) 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed(DJ) by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them(DK) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.(DL) 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.(DM)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 5:5 Or of his body
- 1 Corinthians 5:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 8:11, 13.
- 1 Corinthians 5:13 Deut. 13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21,24; 24:7
- 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
- 1 Corinthians 7:8 Or widowers
- 1 Corinthians 7:36 Or if she is getting beyond the usual age for marriage
- 1 Corinthians 7:38 Or 36 If anyone thinks he is not treating his daughter properly, and if she is getting along in years (or if her passions are too strong), and he feels she ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. He should let her get married. 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind to keep the virgin unmarried—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, he who gives his virgin in marriage does right, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.
- 1 Corinthians 8:3 An early manuscript and another ancient witness think they have knowledge do not yet know as they ought to know. 3 But whoever loves truly knows.
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