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Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
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A Damaging Public Spectacle
Paul's strong word "Dare" highlights the scandal of believers suing each other in secular courts. Commentators explain that such public disputes before non-believers ("the unrighteous") undermined the church's message of love and unity, exposing Christianity to ridicule. The primary concern was protecting the integrity and witness of the faith in a watching world.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
1 Corinthians Chapter 6
The main design of this chapter is to reprove the Corinthians for the practice of going to law before heathen courts…
Dare any of you? (τολμα τις υμων; ). Does any one of you dare? Rhetorical question with present indicative of τολμαω, old verb fro…
19th Century
Anglican
Dare any of you.—Having rebuked the Corinthian Christians for any attempt to judge those who are outside the Church—i…
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Baptist
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
In those days, the courts…
In speaking of Christians taking other Christians to court, Paul does not specify any criminal cases, for he teaches elsewhere that these, along wi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Dare any of you, having a matter against another , Any thing in difference, an action, cause, or suit. The apostle having disp…
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Christians should not contend with one another, for they are brothers and sisters. If this is carefully heeded, it would prevent many lawsuits and …
13th Century
Catholic
After rebuking the Corinthians for failing to judge, the Apostle now rebukes them for other failings in matters of judgment. First, regarding the j…
