1 Corinthians 6:7
Now verily therefore there is altogether a fault among you, because ye have law-suits one with another. Why do ye not rather submit to the wrong? Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6But brother goes to law with brother, and this before the unbelievers.
8But ye do wrong and defraud, and that the brethren.
Cross References
Matthew 5:39but I say unto you, Resist not an injurious act; but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him also the other.
Luke 6:29To him that smiteth thee on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who would take from thee thy cloak, withhold not thy coat also.
1 Thessalonians 5:15See that no man return evil for evil to any man; but always pursue that which is good, both towards one another, and towards all men.
1 Peter 2:19For this is gracious conduct, if for conscience towards God, any man undergo 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 →