Léctio Epístolæ primæ beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Corínthios (6,1-11)
Fratres: Audet áliquis vestrum habens negótium advérsus álterum iudicári apud iníquos et non apud sanctos? An nescítis quóniam sancti de mundo iudicábunt? Et si in vobis iudicábitur mundus, indígni estis mínimis iudíciis? Nescítis quóniam ángelos iudicábimus, quanto magis sæculária? Sæculária ígitur iudícia si habuéritis, contemptíbiles, qui sunt in ecclésia, illos constitúite ad iudicándum? Ad verecúndiam vestram dico! Sic non est inter vos sápiens quisquam, qui possit iudicáre inter fratrem suum? Sed frater cum fratre iudício conténdit, et hoc apud infidéles? Iam quidem omníno deféctio est vobis, quod iudícia habétis inter vosmetípsos! Quare non magis iniúriam accípitis, quare non magis fraudem patímini? Sed vos iniúriam fácitis et fraudátis, et hoc frátribus! An nescítis quia iníqui regnum Dei non possidébunt? Nolíte erráre: neque fornicárii neque idólis serviéntes neque adúlteri neque molles neque masculórum concubitóres neque fures neque avári, non ebriósi, non malédici, non rapáces regnum Dei possidébunt. Et hæc quidam fuístis. Sed ablúti estis, sed sanctificáti estis, sed iustificáti estis in nómine Dómini Iésu Christi et in Spíritu Dei nostri!
Brethren: Dare any of you having a matter against another, to be judged before the unjust, & not before the saints? Or know you not that the saints shall judge of the world? And if the world shall be judged by you: are you unworthy to judge of the least things? Know you not that we shall judge Angels? how much more secular things? If therefore you have secular judgements; the contemptible that are in the Church, set them to judge. Ispeak to your shame. So is there not among you any wise man, that can judge between his brother? But brother with brother contendeth in judgement: & that before infidels? Now certes there is plainly a fault in you, that you have judgements among you. Why do you not rather take wrong? why do you not rather suffer fraud? But yourselves do wrong and defraud: and that to the brethren. Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the Kingdom of God? Do not err: Neither fornicators, nor servers of idols, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor the liers with mankind, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners shall possess the Kingdom of God. And these things certes you were, but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
