1 Corinthians 6:6

But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers!

World English Bible

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. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?

7Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

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Cross References

Genesis 45:24So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, “See that you don’t quarrel on the way.”

Psalms 133:1See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live 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 6:14Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

1 John 2:9He who says he is in the light and hates 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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