1 Corinthians 6:6

but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

In Context

5I say [this] to move you to shame. What, cannot there be [found] among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren,

7Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?

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Cross References

Genesis 45:24So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!

1 Corinthians 6:1Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

2 Corinthians 6:14Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness?

1 John 2:9He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

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 →

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