1 Corinthians 6:1

If one of you has a grievance against an opponent, does he dare to go to law before irreligious men and not before God's people?

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

In Context

2Do you not know that God's people will sit in judgement upon the world? And if you are the court before which the world is to be judged, are you unfit to deal with these petty matters?

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Cross References

Matthew 18:15"If your brother acts wrongly towards you, go and point out his fault to him when only you and he are there. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

Acts 19:38If, however, Demetrius and the mechanics who support his contention have a grievance against any one, there are Assize-days and there are Proconsuls: let the persons interested accuse one another.

1 Corinthians 6:6but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?

1 Corinthians 16:1As to the collection for God's people, what I have directed the Churches of Galatia to do, you must do also.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 6:1

In this chapter the apostle, I. Reproves them for going to law with one another about small matters, and bringing the cause before heathen judges, ver. 1-8 . II. He takes occasion hence to warn them against many gross sins, to which they had been formerly addicted, ver. 9-11 . III. And, having cautioned them against the abuse of their liberty, he vehemently dehorts them from fornication, by various arguments, ver. 12 to the end . Read the whole commentary →

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