Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church

1 It is actually reported that there is ^wsexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, ^xfor a man has his father’s wife. 2 And ^yyou are arrogant! Ought you ^znot rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.

Lawsuits Against Believers

1 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous ^rinstead of the saints? 2 Or do you not know that ^sthe saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 3 Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! 4 So if you have such cases, ^twhy do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church? 5 ^uI say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers,

31 ^fBut if we judged¹ ourselves truly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, ^gwe are disciplined² so that we may not be ^hcondemned along with the world.

Paul’s Sufferings as an Apostle

16 I repeat, ^rlet no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 17 What I am saying ^swith this boastful confidence, ^tI say not as the Lord would¹ but as a fool. 18 Since ^umany boast according to the flesh, I too will boast. 19 For you gladly bear with fools, ^vbeing wise yourselves! 20 For you bear it if someone ^wmakes slaves of you, or ^xdevours you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or ^ystrikes you in the face.