1 Corinthians 6:1

Modern

If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!

Traditional

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

Literal

Dare any one of you, having a matter against the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous and not before the saints?

Latin

Audet aliquis vestrum habens negotium adversus alterum, judicari apud iniquos, et non apud sanctos?

Greek

English

If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!

When serious disagreements occur between two Christians, they should resolve them with the help of other believers, not in a secular court.

Theme notes and profiles

Matthew 18:15–17
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
Acts 19:38
So 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 14:33
For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
Acts 18:14–15
But 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.
1 Corinthians 6:6–7
Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!
1 Corinthians 16:1
Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:
1 Corinthians 16:15
You 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 1:2
To 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: