1 Corinthians 6:1
Does any one of you that has a matter of dispute with another, presume to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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Matthew 18:15And if your brother sin against you, go and tell him of his fault between you and him alone; if he hear you, you have gained your brother.
Acts 19:38Therefore, if Demetrius, and the artists who are with him, have a charge against any one, the courts are in session, and the proconsuls are there; let them accuse each other.
1 Corinthians 6:6But brother goes to law with brother, and this before the unbelievers?
1 Corinthians 16:1As it respects the collection which is for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so also do you.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 6:1
In this chapter the apostle, I. Reproves them for going to law with one another about small matters, and bringing the cause before heathen judges, ver. 1-8 . II. He takes occasion hence to warn them against many gross sins, to which they had been formerly addicted, ver. 9-11 . III. And, having cautioned them against the abuse of their liberty, he vehemently dehorts them from fornication, by various arguments, ver. 12 to the end . Read the whole commentary →