First Reading1 Corinthians 6:1-11
From the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians
1Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor,go to law before the unrighteous,and not before the saints?2Don’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 matters?3Don’t you know that we will judge angels?How much more, things that pertain to this life?4If then you have to judge things pertaining to this life,do you set them to judgewho are of no account in the assembly?5I say this to move you to shame.Isn’t there even one wise man among youwho would be able to decide between his brothers?6But brother goes to law with brother,and that before unbelievers!7Therefore it is already altogether a defect in youthat you have lawsuits one with another.Why not rather be wronged?Why not rather be defrauded?8No, but you yourselves do wrong and defraud,and that against your brothers.
9Or don’t you knowthat 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,10nor thieves, nor covetous,nor drunkards, nor slanderers,nor extortionists,will inherit God’s Kingdom.11Some of you were such, but you were washed.You were sanctified.You were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus,and in the Spirit of our God.