1 Corinthians 6:7
Now there is certainly a fault among you, that ye have law-suits with one another: why do ye not rather endure wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
6But one brother goeth to law with another, and this before infidels.
8But ye do wrong and defraud, and that even your brethren.
Cross References
Matthew 5:39but I say unto you, Set not yourselves against him that injures you, but if any one smite thee on thy right cheek, rather turn to him the other also:
Luke 6:29to him that smiteth thee on the one cheek, offer also the other; and let him that taketh away thy cloke, have thy coat too rather than strive with him:
1 Thessalonians 5:15See that no one render evil for evil to any man; but always pursue that which is good, both to each other and to all men.
1 Peter 2:19for this is an evidence of grace, if any one for conscience towards God endure griefs, suffering unjustly.
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 →