{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/1-corinthians/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:37:06.088Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"1 Corinthians","bookSlug":"1-corinthians","chapter":6,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":16,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things that pertain to this life?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no account in the church?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I say this to move you to shame. What, cannot there be found among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Nay, but ye yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Or 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 men,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"and God both raised the Lord, and will raise up as through his power."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Corinthians 6 (ASV)","markdown":"[1 Corinthians 6](https://primebible.com/asv/1-corinthians/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/1-corinthians/6 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}