⁵ I say this to shame you.^(A) Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?^{(B) 6} But instead, one brother^(C) takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers!^(D)

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?^{(E) 8} Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters.^{(F) 9} Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?^(G) Do not be deceived:^(H) Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers^(I) nor men who have sex with men^{[a](J) 10} nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers^(K) will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And that is what some of you were.^(L) But you were washed,^(M) you were sanctified,^(N) you were justified^(O) 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.^(P) “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.”^(Q) The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord,^(R) and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴ By his power God raised the Lord from the dead,^(S) and he will raise us also.^{(T) 15} Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?^(U) 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](V) 17} But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.^[c](W)