His Steadfast Love Endures Forever
1 wGive thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
xfor his steadfast love endures forever.
2 Give thanks to ythe God of gods,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
3 Give thanks to ythe Lord of lords,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
4 to him who alone zdoes great wonders,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
5 to him who aby understanding bmade the heavens,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
6 to him who cspread out the earth dabove the waters,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
7 to him who emade the great lights,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
8 the sun to rule over the day,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
9 the moon and stars to rule over the night,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
10 to him who fstruck down the firstborn of Egypt,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
11 and gbrought Israel out from among them,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
12 with ha strong hand and an outstretched arm,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
13 to him who idivided the Red Sea in two,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
14 jand made Israel pass through the midst of it,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
15 but koverthrew1 Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
16 to him who lled his people through the wilderness,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
17 to him mwho struck down great kings,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
18 and killed mighty kings,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
19 Sihon, king of the Amorites,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
20 and Og, king of Bashan,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
21 and gave their land as a heritage,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
22 a heritage to Israel his nservant,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
23 It is he who oremembered us in our low estate,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
24 and prescued us from our foes,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
25 he who qgives food to all flesh,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
26 Give thanks to rthe God of heaven,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
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, 6 but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? 7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. vWhy not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even wyour own brothers!1
9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous2 will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: xneither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,3 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And ysuch were some of you. But zyou were washed, ayou were sanctified, byou were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Flee Sexual Immorality
12 c“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. 13 d“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one eand the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but ffor the Lord, and gthe Lord for the body. 14 And hGod raised the Lord and iwill also raise us up jby his power. 15 Do you not know that kyour bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined4 to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, l“The two will become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord mbecomes one spirit with him. 18 nFlee from sexual immorality. Every other sin5 a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person osins against his own body. 19 Or pdo you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? qYou are not your own, 20 rfor you were bought with a price. sSo glorify God in your body.
