Lawsuits among Believers
1 Corinthians 6:1
In 9 translations
- BSB
- If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!
- KJV
- Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
- WEB
- Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
- ASV
- Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
- LSV
- Dare anyone of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the holy ones?
- YLT
- Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
- DBY
- Dare any one of you, having a matter against another, prosecute his suit before the unjust, and not before the saints?
- DRC
- Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to be judged before the unjust, and not before the saints?
- GNV
- Dare any of you, hauing businesse against an other, be iudged vnder the vniust, and not vnder the Saintes?
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Τολμᾷ τις ὑμῶν πρᾶγμα ἔχων πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον κρίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ἀδίκων, καὶ οὐχὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἁγίων;
- RP2018
- Τολμᾷ τις ὑμῶν, πρᾶγμα ἔχων πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον, κρίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ἀδίκων, καὶ οὐχὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἁγίων;
- TR-Boyd
- Τολμᾷ τις ὑμῶν, πρᾶγμα ἔχων πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον, κρίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ἀδίκων, καὶ οὐχὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἁγίων;
- SCR1894
- τολμα τις υμων πραγμα εχων προς τον ετερον κρινεσθαι επι των αδικων και ουχι επι των αγιων
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
ArbitrationLitigationLawsuitsCorinthFraternityStrifeReproofPeter, the First Epistle ofEschatology of the New Testament
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 18:15–17If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established…
- Acts 19:38So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.
- 1 Corinthians 14:33For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
- 1 Corinthians 6:6–7Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers! The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not…
- 1 Corinthians 16:1Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:
- Acts 18:14–15But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint. But since it is a dispute about words and…
- 1 Corinthians 16:15You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,
- 1 Corinthians 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
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