1 Corinthians 6:7
Now therefore, it is altogether a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
6but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?
8Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
Cross References
Matthew 5:39But I say to you, that ye resist not evil; but whoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Luke 6:29To him who smites thee on the cheek offer also the other; and him who takes away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
1 Thessalonians 5:15See that none render evil for evil to any one but ever follow that which is good, both toward one another, and toward all.
1 Peter 2:19For this is acceptable, if a man for conscience toward God[2:19] endures griefs, 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 →