1 Corinthians 6:7
Now therefore it is indeed altogether a defeat for you because ye have legal disputes against yourselves. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6But brother goes to law against brother, and this before unbelievers?
8Instead ye do wrong, and defraud, and these things to brothers.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:5then thou shall understand the fear of LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 20:22Say thou not, I will recompense evil. Wait for LORD, and he will save thee.
Matthew 5:39But I say to you, not to resist what is troublesome, but whoever will strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Luke 6:29To him who strikes thee on the cheek offer the other also, and from him who takes away thy cloak, also do not withhold thy coat.
1 Thessalonians 5:15See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.
1 Peter 2:19For this is graciousness, if, because of consciousness of God, any man endures sorrows, suffering wrongfully.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 6:2-9
Causes of Litigation Censured. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. 5 I speak to… Read the whole commentary →