1 Corinthians 6:7
Already indeed there is plainly a fault among you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why do you not rather take wrong? Why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers.
8But you do wrong and defraud, and that to your brethren.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 20:22Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.
Matthew 5:39But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other:
Luke 6:29And to him that striketh thee on the one cheek, offer also the other. And him that taketh away from thee thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also.
1 Thessalonians 5:15See that none render evil for evil to any man; but ever follow that which is good towards each other, and towards all men.
1 Peter 2:19For this is thankworthy, if for conscience towards God, a man endure 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 →