1 Corinthians 6:1-7

1Perhaps one of you has a quarrel with another Christian. Who should decide which of you is right? You should never ask people who do not know God to decide. No! Instead, you should go to God's people. They should decide.

2It is God's people who will judge all the people in the world one day. You surely know that. Since that is true, you should be able to decide about small quarrels between yourselves.

3You know that we will judge the angels one day. So we must be able to decide about ordinary things here on earth.

4If you want to decide an ordinary matter like that, what do you do? Sometimes you go to a judge who does not believe in God. You should never do that! The church does not respect people like that.

5I say this so that you will feel ashamed. There is surely a wise person in your group who could decide quarrels between yourselves.

6But instead, some believers among you accuse other believers in front of judges. And those judges are not believers!

7When you accuse each other like that, it shows that you have already failed. It would be better to accept it when other people hurt you. Even if people rob you, it would be better to accept it.