5. I say this to shame you. Surely there is someone among you wise enough to judge a complaint between two brothers in Christ.
6. But now one brother goes to court against another brother. And you let men who are not believers judge their case!
7. The lawsuits that you have against each other show that you are already defeated. It would be better for you to let someone wrong you! It would be better for you to let someone cheat you!
8. But you yourselves do wrong and cheat! And you do this to your own brothers in Christ!
9-10. Surely you know that the people who do wrong will not receive God’s kingdom. Do not be fooled. These people will not receive God’s kingdom: those who are sexually immoral, or worship idols, or take part in adultery, or men who have physical relations with other men, or steal, or are selfish, or get drunk, or lie about others, or cheat.
11. In the past, some of you were like that. But you were washed clean. You were made holy. And you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
12. “I am allowed to do all things.” But not all things are good for me to do. “I am allowed to do all things.” But I must not do those things that will make me their slave.