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Selected Verse: 1 Corinthians 6:6 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
1Co 6:6	King James	But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
But--emphatically answering the question in the end of Co1 6:5 in the negative. Translate, "Nay," &c.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

But--emphatically answering the question in the end of Co1 6:5 in the negative. Translate, "Nay," &c.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
But brother ... - One Christian goes to law with another. This is designed as a reproof. This was wrong: (1) Because they ought rather to take wrong and suffer themselves to be injured Co1 6:7; (2) Because they might have chosen some persons to settle the matter by arbitration without a formal trial; and, (3) Because the civil constitution would have allowed them to have settled all their differences without a lawsuit. Josephus says that the Romans (who were now masters of Corinth) permitted the Jews in foreign countries to decide private affairs, where nothing capital was in question, among themselves. And Dr. Lardner observes, that the Christians might have availed themselves of this permission to have settled their disputes in the same manner. Credibility, vol. 1:p. 165.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

But brother ... - One Christian goes to law with another. This is designed as a reproof. This was wrong:

(1) Because they ought rather to take wrong and suffer themselves to be injured Co1 6:7;

(2) Because they might have chosen some persons to settle the matter by arbitration without a formal trial; and,

(3) Because the civil constitution would have allowed them to have settled all their differences without a lawsuit.

Josephus says that the Romans (who were now masters of Corinth) permitted the Jews in foreign countries to decide private affairs, where nothing capital was in question, among themselves. And Dr. Lardner observes, that the Christians might have availed themselves of this permission to have settled their disputes in the same manner. Credibility, vol. 1:p. 165.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Goeth to law (κρίνεται) As in Co1 6:1, and Mat 5:40. Instead of accepting arbitration.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Goeth to law (κρίνεται)

As in Co1 6:1, and Mat 5:40. Instead of accepting arbitration.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Brother goeth to law with brother - One Christian sues another at law! This is almost as great a scandal as can exist in a Christian society. Those in a religious community who will not submit to a proper arbitration, made by persons among themselves, should be expelled from the Church of God.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Brother goeth to law with brother - One Christian sues another at law! This is almost as great a scandal as can exist in a Christian society. Those in a religious community who will not submit to a proper arbitration, made by persons among themselves, should be expelled from the Church of God.

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