I Corinthians 6 Comparison: Catholic Public Domain vs Douay-Rheims
I Corinthians 6
1How is it that anyone of you, having a dispute against another, would dare to be judged before the iniquitous, and not before the saints?
2Or do you not know that the saints from this age shall judge it? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you unworthy, then, to judge even the smallest matters?
3Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more the things of this age?
4Therefore, if you have matters to judge concerning this age, why not appoint those who are most contemptible in the Church to judge these things!
5But I am speaking so as to shame you. Is there no one among you wise enough, so that he might be able to judge between his brothers?
6Instead, brother contends against brother in court, and this before the unfaithful!
7Now there is certainly an offense among you, beyond everything else, when you have court cases against one another. Should you not accept injury instead? Should you not endure being cheated instead?
8But you are doing the injuring and the cheating, and this toward brothers!
9Do you not know that the iniquitous will not possess the kingdom of God? Do not choose to wander astray. For neither fornicators, nor servants of idolatry, nor adulterers,
10nor the effeminate, nor males who sleep with males, nor thieves, nor the avaricious, nor the inebriated, nor slanderers, nor the rapacious shall possess the kingdom of God.
11And some of you were like this. But you have been absolved, but you have been sanctified, but you have been justified: all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
12All is lawful to me, but not all is expedient. All is lawful to me, but I will not be driven back by the authority of anyone.
13Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food. But God shall destroy both the stomach and food. And the body is not for fornication, but rather for the Lord; and the Lord is for the body.
14Truly, God has raised up the Lord, and he will raise us up by his power.
15Do you not know that your bodies are a part of Christ? So then, should I take a part of Christ and make it a part of a harlot? Let it not be so!
16And do you not know that whoever is joined to a harlot becomes one body? “For the two,” he said, “shall be as one flesh.”
17But whoever is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
18Flee from fornication. Every sin whatsoever that a man commits is outside of the body, but whoever fornicates, sins against his own body.
19Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
20For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.
I Corinthians 6
1Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to be judged before the unjust: and not before the saints?
2Know you not that the saints shall judge this world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3Know you not that we shall judge angels? How much more things of this world?
4If therefore you have judgments of things pertaining to this world, set them to judge who are the most despised in the church.
5I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is not among you any one wise man that is able to judge between his brethren?
6But brother goeth to law with brother: and that before unbelievers.
7Already indeed there is plainly a fault among you, that you have law suits one with another. Why do you not rather take wrong? Why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
8But you do wrong and defraud: and that to your brethren.
9Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: Neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers:
10Nor the effeminate nor liers with mankind nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor railers nor extortioners shall possess the kingdom of God.
11And such some of you were. But you are washed: but you are sanctified: but you are justified: in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God.
12All things are lawful to me: but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful to me: but I will not be brought under the power of any.
13Meat for the belly and the belly for the meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord: and the Lord for the body.
14Now God hath raised up the Lord and will raise us up also by his power.
15Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid!
16Or know you not that he who is joined to a harlot is made one body? For they shall be, saith he, two in one flesh.
17But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.
18Fly fornication. Every sin that a man doth is without the body: but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
19Or know you not that your members are the temple of the Holy Ghost, who is in you, whom you have from God: and you are not your own?
20For you are bought with a great price. Glorify and bear God in your body.
Understanding Catholic Public Domain vs Douay-Rheims in I Corinthians 6
Catholic Public Domain (CPDV)
Modern Catholic translation in the public domain with deuterocanonical books. Clear, contemporary English while preserving a formal tone. A strong option for Catholic reading plans and study.
Douay-Rheims (DRC)
Traditional Catholic English translation from the Latin Vulgate. Includes deuterocanonical books used in Catholic tradition. Best for readers who want a classic, historically influential Catholic Bible.
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Key Comparison: I Corinthians 6:16
"And do you not know that whoever is joined to a harlot becomes one body? “For the two,” he said, “shall be as one flesh.”"
"Or know you not that he who is joined to a harlot is made one body? For they shall be, saith he, two in one flesh."
