1. Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbour, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the holy ones?
2. Don’t you know that the holy ones will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3. Don’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
4. If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?
5. I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man amongst you who would be able to decide between his brothers?
6. But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers!
7. Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
8. No, but you yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that against your brothers.
9. Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
10. nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.
11. Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Yeshua, and in the Spirit of our God.
12. “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 anything.