Berean Standard Bible
1 Corinthians 6:6
6Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!
1 Corinthians 6:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
- New International Version (NIV)But instead, one brother takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers!
- English Standard Version (ESV)but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers?
- New King James Version (NKJV)But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers!
Context of 1 Corinthians 6:6
4So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in the church? 5I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers? Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers! 7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? 8Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!
Read all of 1 Corinthians 61 Corinthians 6:6 word by word
ἀλλ᾽ ἀδελφὸς μετὰ ἀδελφοῦ κρίνεται, καὶ τοῦτο ἐπὶ ἀπίστων.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 6:6
- 1 Corinthians 6:1If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!
- Genesis 13:7And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
- Genesis 45:24Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
- Nehemiah 5:8and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
- Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
- Acts 7:26The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
- Philippians 2:14Do everything without complaining or arguing,
- 1 John 2:9If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
- 1 John 3:11This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 6:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Brother goeth to law with brother - One Christian sues another at law! This is almost as great a scandal as can exist in a Christian society. Those in a religious community who will not submit to a proper arbitration, made by persons among themselves, should be expelled from the Church of God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6But brother - One Christian goes to law with another. This is designed as a reproof. This was wrong: (1)Because they ought rather to take wrong and suffer themselves to be injured 1 Corinthians 6:7; (2)Because they might have chosen some persons to settle the matter by arbitration without a formal trial; and, (3)Because the civil constitution would have allowed them to have settled all their differences without a lawsuit. Josephus says that the Romans…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6I say this to your shame: It is a problem for Christians to settle disputes in non-religious courts, as if no one in the church can help resolve them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. But--emphatically answering the question in the end of 1Co 6:5 in the negative. Translate, "Nay," &c.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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