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1 Corinthians 7   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Principles of Marriage 7  Now in response to the matters you wrote [ a ] about: “It is good for a man not to have relations with [ b ]   a woman.” [ c ]   2  But because sexual immorality is so common, [ d ]   each man should have his own wife,   and each woman should have her own husband.   3  A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility   to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.   4  A wife does not have the right over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband does not have the right over his own body, but his wife does.   5  Do not deprive   one another sexually—except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to [ e ]   prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.   6  I say the following [ f ]   as a concession, not as a comman...

1 Corinthians 6:12-20   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Glorifying God in Body and Spirit 12  “Everything is permissible   for me,” [ a ]   but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be brought under the control of anything.   13  “Food   for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will do away with both of them. [ b ] The body is not for sexual immorality   but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.   14  God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. 15  Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body?   So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not!   16  Don’t you know that anyone joined to a prostitute is one body with her? For Scripture says, The two will become one flesh. [ c ]   17  But anyone joined   to the Lord is one spirit   with Him. 18  Run ...

1 Corinthians 6:9-11   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) 9  Don’t you know that the unrighteous   will not inherit God’s kingdom?   Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters,   adulterers,   or anyone practicing homosexuality, [ a ]   10  no thieves, greedy   people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers   will inherit God’s kingdom.   11  And some of you used to be like this.   But you were washed, you were sanctified,   you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 6:1-8   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Lawsuits among Believers 6  If any of you has a legal dispute against another, do you dare go to court   before the unrighteous, [ a ] and not before the saints?   2  Or don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest cases?   3  Don’t you know that we will judge angels—not to mention ordinary matters?   4  So if you have cases pertaining to this life, do you select those [ b ]   who have no standing   in the church to judge?   5  I say this to your shame!   Can it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between his brothers?   6  Instead, believer [ c ]   goes to court against believer, and that before unbelievers! 7  Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you.   Why ...

1 Corinthians 5:1-8   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Immoral Church Members 5  It is widely reported that there is sexual immorality   among you, and the kind of sexual immorality that is not even tolerated [ a ]   among the Gentiles —a man is living with his father’s wife. 2  And you are inflated with pride, instead of filled with grief   so that he who has committed this act might be removed from your congregation.   3  For though I am absent in body but present in spirit,   I have already decided about the one who has done this thing as though I were present.   4  When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus with my spirit and with the power of our Lord Jesus,   5  turn that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,   so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord. 6  Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast   permeates the whole batch of do...

1 Corinthians 4:14-21   Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Paul’s Fatherly Care 14  I’m not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my dear children.   15  For you can have 10,000 instructors in Christ, but you can’t have many fathers. For I became your father   in Christ Jesus through the gospel.   16  Therefore I urge you to imitate me.   17  This is why I have sent   Timothy to you. He is my dearly loved and faithful   son in the Lord. He will remind you about my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church. 18  Now some are inflated with pride, as though I were not coming to you.   19  But I will come to you soon,   if the Lord wills, and I will know not the talk but the power of those who are inflated with pride. 20  For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.   21  What do you want? Should I come to you with a rod,   or in love and a ...