Liturgy Gospel
Paulines Epistle
Paul, the servant of our Lord Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, appointed to the Gospel of God.
A reading from the Epistle of our teacher Paul to the Corinthians .
May his blessings be upon us.
Amen.
1 Corinthians 5 : 11 - 6 : 11
Chapter 5
| 11 | But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--not even to eat with such a person.
|
| 12 | For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside?
|
| 13 | But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person."
|
Chapter 6
| 1 | Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
|
| 2 | Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
|
| 3 | Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
|
| 4 | If then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge?
|
| 5 | I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren?
|
| 6 | But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers!
|
| 7 | Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated?
|
| 8 | No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren!
|
| 9 | Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
|
| 10 | nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
|
| 11 | And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
|
The grace of God the Father be with you all.
Amen.
