1When one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other believers6:1 Greek God’s holy people; also in 6:2.!

2Don’t you realize that someday we believers will judge the world? And since you are going to judge the world, can’t you decide even these little things among yourselves?

3Don’t you realize that we will judge angels? So you should surely be able to resolve ordinary disputes in this life.

4If you have legal disputes about such matters, why go to outside judges who are not respected by the church?

5I am saying this to shame you. Isn’t there anyone in all the church who is wise enough to decide these issues?

6But instead, one believer6:6 Greek one brother. sues another—right in front of unbelievers!

12You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything.

13You say, “Food was made for the stomach, and the stomach for food.” (This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them.) But you can’t say that our bodies were made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies.

14And God will raise us from the dead by his power, just as he raised our Lord from the dead.