Corinthians - First Letter - 6a - Lawsuits among Believers

1 Corinthians 6:1-8 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Lawsuits among Believers

6 If any of you has a legal dispute against another, do you dare go to court before the unrighteous,[a]and not before the saints? 2 Or don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest cases? 3 Don’t you know that we will judge angels—not to mention ordinary matters? 4 So if you have cases pertaining to this life, do you select those[b] who have no standing in the church to judge? 5 I say this to your shame! Can it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between his brothers? 6 Instead, believer[c] goes to court against believer, and that before unbelievers!

7 Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather be cheated? 8 Instead, you act unjustly and cheat—and you do this to believers!