Do Not Sue the Brethren

6 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the ^(A)saints?

Dealing with a Sinning Brother

¹⁵ “Moreover ^(A)if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, ^(B)you have gained your brother. ¹⁶ But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ^(C)‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’ ¹⁷ And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a ^(D)heathen and a tax collector.

³⁸ Therefore, if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a ^[a]case against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another.

³³ For God is not the author of ^[a]confusion but of peace, ^(A)as in all the churches of the saints.

Collection for the Saints

16 Now concerning ^(A)the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also:

⁶ But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers!

⁷ Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. ^(A)Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated?

¹⁴ And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or wicked crimes, O Jews, there would be reason why I should bear with you. ¹⁵ But if it is a ^(A)question of words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters.”

¹⁵ I urge you, brethren—you know ^(A)the household of Stephanas, that it is ^(B)the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to ^(C)the ministry of the saints—

² To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who ^(A)are ^[a]sanctified in Christ Jesus, ^(B)called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ ^(C)our Lord, ^(D)both theirs and ours: