1 Corinthians 6:6

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Summary

1 Corinthians 6:6

But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

Brother

General references

Deuteronomy 15:3

Proverbs 3:30

Galatians 5:15

Bible References

Brother

Does anyone among you, [if he] has a matter against someone else, dare to go to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

And there was a quarrel between the herdsmen of the livestock of Abram and the herdsmen of the livestock of Lot. Now at that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.

Then he sent his brothers away, and when they departed he said to them, "Do not be agitated on the journey."

and I said to them: "We ourselves have bought back our brothers the Jews who were sold to the nations as we were able. But now you yourselves have sold your brothers so they may be sold to us!" They were silent and could not find a word [to say].

And on the following day, he made an appearance to them [while they] were fighting and was attempting to reconcile them in peace, saying, 'Men [and] brothers, why are you doing wrong to one another?'

Do all [things] without grumbling and disputing,

The one who says [he] is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness until now.

For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another,

General references

[With respect to] the foreigner you may exact payment, but {you must remit} what shall be [owed] to you [with respect to] your brother.

Do not quarrel with anyone without cause, when he did not do you harm.

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out [that] you are not consumed by one another.