1. Should any of you, holding a matter against another, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the set-apart ones?
2. Do you not know that the set-apart ones shall judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3. Do you not know that we shall judge messengers? How much more, matters of this life?
4. If then you truly have judgments of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are least esteemed by the assembly?
5. I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise one among you, not even one, who shall be able to judge between his brothers?
6. But brother against brother goes to be judged and that before unbelievers!
7. Already, then, there is a failure with you, that you have lawsuits among you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
8. But you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and that to your brothers!
9. Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the reign of Elohim? Do not be deceived. Neither those who whore, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,
10. nor thieves, nor greedy of gain, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers shall inherit the reign of Elohim.
11. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were set apart, but you were declared right in the Name of the Master יהושע and by the Spirit of our Elohim.
12. All is permitted me, but not all do profit. All is permitted me, but I shall not be under authority of any.