MacDonald - News had come to Paul that some Christians were going to law against their fellow believers-before the judges of this world. So he lays down these instructions of lasting value for the church. It is possible that there were some instances, but I was generally in leadership and would have been aware of those instances. I have been in strong evangelical churches for over 35 years and sadly I have never heard of these passages being used in any of the churches I attended. So now Paul launches into the major teaching in the Bible on judging cases involving believers. REMOVE THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES.' In fact the 'key word' in the preceding context (1 Cor 5:12-13 +) is the word 'judge' repeated three times ( ). Keep the context in mind - Paul had just spoken of judgment of unbelievers in 1 Cor 5:13 - 'those who are outside, God judges. Ray Stedman entitles 1 Cor 6:1-11 ' The Wrong Way To Right Wrongs' Little wonder that Paul's first word in the Greek is DARE! (cf 1 Cor 6:1KJV more literal than NAS). The law cases in Corinth would have been tried at the bema seatin the center of the busy agora (marketplace) where all the pagans would be entertained by the brethren litigating against each other! A very sad witness.

1 Corinthians 6 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries.

Why don't you settle it in front of God's holy people?īBE 1 Corinthians 6:1 How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?

GWN 1 Corinthians 6:1 When one of you has a complaint against another, how dare you go to court to settle the matter in front of wicked people. NJB 1 Corinthians 6:1 Is one of you with a complaint against another so brazen as to seek judgement from sinners and not from God's holy people? NAB 1 Corinthians 6:1 How can any one of you with a case against another dare to bring it to the unjust for judgment instead of to the holy ones? NRS 1 Corinthians 6:1 When any of you has a grievance against another, do you dare to take it to court before the unrighteous, instead of taking it before the saints? NKJ 1 Corinthians 6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? YLT 1 Corinthians 6:1 Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?ĪSV 1 Corinthians 6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?ĬSB 1 Corinthians 6:1 If any of you has a legal dispute against another, do you dare go to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? KJV 1 Corinthians 6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? NIV 1 Corinthians 6:1 If any of you has a dispute with another, dare he take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the saints?

NLT 1 Corinthians 6:1 When one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other believers!ĮSV 1 Corinthians 6:1 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? NET 1 Corinthians 6:1 When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints? Wuest's Paraphrase - Is anyone of you who has a case against another daring to be going to law before those who are unrighteous and not before the saints? ( Eerdmans Publishing - used by permission)

SECOND DIVISION - Chapters 7-16 = Personal Problems, Worship Problemsġ Corinthians 6:1 Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints?Īmplified - DOES ANY of you dare, when he has a matter of complaint against another, to go to law before unrighteous men instead of before the saints (the people of God)?.

FIRST DIVISION - Chapters 1-6 = Problems of Congregation - Divisions & Depravities,.1 CORINTHIANS - PROBLEMS OF A LOCAL CHURCHĬharts from Jensen's Survey of the NT - used by permission

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