Two things: Lawsuits with one another and immorality.
"Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints?" v. 1
Verses 1 thru 9 are essentially saying, "The most legally untrained believers, who know the Word of God and are obedient to the Spirit, are far more competent to settle disagreements between believers than the most experienced unbeliever, void of God's truth and Spirit." J. MacArthur
"Or 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 effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of you; but you were washed but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the spirit of of our God." v. 9-11
"Sin has power, and no sin is more enslaving than sexual sin. While it can never be the unbroken pattern of a true believer's life, it can be the recurring habit that saps joy, peace, usefulness and brings divine chastening and even church disciple." J. MacArthur
The latter I well know. Praise God for His infinite mercy.
Redeemed - how I love to proclaim it!
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.
Redeemed through His infinite mercy,
His child, and forever, I am!
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