1 Corinthians 6:7-8 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-8

Christians and the law courts. How far are Paul's exhortations applicable to believers in the present day? Amongst the ancients, laws were often unjust, judges venal, and frequently certain objectionable formalities, such as adjuration by false deities, had to be observed. In our own land and time these things happily are not as of old. Yet even amongst us there are laws tainted with injustice, and there is not a little in our modes of legal procedure which is objectionable. Legal... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-8

On going to law. Among other evils at Corinth calling for correction, a litigious spirit had begun to show itself, fostered doubtless by the unpleasant friction of parties. Brother went to law with brother before the heathen tribunals, and the Christian name was thereby brought into ill repute. For this the apostle rebukes them, and assigns weighty reasons why they should settle their disputes otherwise. I. THE JUDICIAL FUNCTION OF THE SAINTS . All judgment has been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-8

The relations of Christians to public law. The apostle here deals with a fresh mistake made by the Corinthian Christians. In view of the extensive commercial interests of Corinth, we can well understand that disputes constantly arose which could only be settled by the common law courts. St. Paul does not intend us to infer that these law courts were unjustly conducted, or that, in ordinary matters and under ordinary circumstances, recourse may not be had to them. He only points out that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-11

Litigation before heathen courts forbidden. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-11

Civil relations and Church membership; litigation before heathen courts. The chapter opens abruptly. "Dare any of you"—a strong expression of disapproval—"having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust?" Judaism had taught the Jews not to go before Gentile judges with a lawsuit against their brethren; the Romans had accorded to the Jews the right to settle their disputes among themselves, and Christians at that time might avail themselves of this rule (Lunge). But St. Paul,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:7

Now therefore; rather, Nay more, already. Utterly ; rather, generally, "altogether," "looking at the question as a whole." A fault. The word means "a defect," or possibly "a loss" ( Romans 11:12 , "the diminishing"). Your going to law is an inferiority or deficiency; you ought to know of "a more excellent way." Why do ye not rather take wrong? Strange as such advice would sound to heathens, who prided themselves on the passionate resentment of injuries as though it were a virtue,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:8

Nay, ye do wrong and defraud. Thus they violated a rule which Paul had laid down to the Thessalonians ( 1 Thessalonians 4:6 ), and incurred God's anger. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:7

There is utterly a fault - There is ALtogether a fault; or you are entirely wrong in this thing.That ye go to law ... - That is, in the sense under discussion, or before pagan magistrates. This was the point under discussion, and the interpretation should be limited to this. Whatever may be the propriety or impropriety of going to law before Christian magistrates, yet the point which the apostle refers to was that of going to law before pagans. The passage, therefore, should not be interpreted... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:8

Nay, ye do wrong ... - Instead of enduring wrong patiently and cheerfully. they were themselves guilty oi injustice and fraud.And that your brethren - Your fellow Christians. As if they had injured those of their own family - those to whom they ought to be attached by most tender ties. The offence in such cases is aggravated, not because it is in itself any worse to injure a Christian than another man, but because it shows a deeper depravity, when a man overcomes all the ties of kindness and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 6:7-8

1 Corinthians 6:7-8. Now therefore But, indeed, there is plainly a fault in you, whoever may have the right on his side; that ye go to law with one another Or that ye quarrel with one another at all, whether ye go to law or not. Why do ye not rather take, or suffer, wrong Endure it patiently, and sit down with the loss? Why do ye not suffer yourselves to be defrauded Rather than seek a remedy in such a way as this? All men cannot, or will not, receive this saying. Many aim only at... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 6:7-8

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