1 Corinthians 6:7
Now therefore ye condemn yourselves, in that ye have litigation one with another. For why do ye not rather suffer wrong? why not rather be defrauded?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
6but a brother litigateth with his brother, and also before them that believe not!
8But ye yourselves commit wrong, and ye defraud even your brethren.
Cross References
Matthew 5:39But I say to you: Resist not evil; but if a person smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Luke 6:29To him that smiteth thee on thy cheek, offer the other: and from him that taketh away thy cloak, keep not back thy tunic.
1 Thessalonians 5:15And beware, lest any of you return evil for evil, but always follow good deeds, towards one another, and towards all men.
1 Peter 2:19For there is favor before God for them who, for the sake of a good conscience, endure sorrows that come upon them 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 →