1 Corinthians 6:1-8

New American Standard Bible 1995

Lawsuits Discouraged

6 Does any one of you, when he has a ^[a]case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and ^(A)not before the ^[b]saints? ² Or ^(B)do you not know that ^(C)the ^[c]saints will judge ^(D)the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to ^[d]constitute the smallest law courts? ^3 (E)Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life? ⁴ So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, ^[e]do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church? ^5 (F)I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his ^(G)brethren, ⁶ but brother goes to law with brother, and that before ^(H)unbelievers?

⁷ Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. ^(I)Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? ⁸ On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud. You do this even to your ^(J)brethren.