If any of you has a dispute with another, dare he take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the saints? ...Second, Paul is very concerned about sexual immorality in the church. He begins this by apparently quoting something they wrote him, and responding to it.The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
1 Corinthians 6.1,7
"Everything is permissible for me" -- but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me" -- but I will not be mastered by anything....Until a few minutes ago, it hadn't struck me how these were related, why they're presented together here in 1 Corinthians 6.Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6.12,18
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.Basically, part of the package of becoming a Christian is to say, "My life isn't my own; I belong to God" and to orient our lives that way. This is one of those things where God is easily pleased but never satisfied. You or I can make a good start in a few weeks or months, but it's taken me decades so far and I still need help from God every day.1 Corinthians 6.19
Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, appoint as judges even men of little account in the church!To tell you the truth, I don't know how well this would work. Are we defeated already? May it not be!1 Corinthians 6.4