Thematic Bible: Litigation to be avoided


Thematic Bible



And if anyone takes you to court in order to take your shirt away from you, let him have your coat also [i.e., if he insists on it]. Verse ConceptsCloaksDressPeople Giving ClothesOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsAdding EvilRobbing People

[In another case], come to terms with the person suing you as soon as possible, [even] on your way [to court], so he does not take you before the judge, and then the judge turn you over to the officer and you be sent to prison. Verse ConceptsAgreementDiscorddisagreementsLawyersJudgesOfficersAttorneyLawsuitsLitigationQuarrelsDebtorsAgreeingHanding Over PeopleImprisonmentsCourt SessionsPeople Accusing PeopleMisunderstandingsMaking Peace With EnemiesReconciliationConflictResolving Conflictjail


If any one of you has a complaint against someone, how can you dare to take it before non-Christian judges [to be decided], instead of before the saints [i.e., God's holy people]? Verse ConceptsLawyersdisagreementsSaintsUngodlinessAttorneyLawsuitsLitigationDivision Among ChristiansEvildoersProblem PeopleComplainingFamily ProblemsConflictFamily ConflictResolving Conflictcommunionproblems

And if anyone takes you to court in order to take your shirt away from you, let him have your coat also [i.e., if he insists on it]. Verse ConceptsCloaksDressPeople Giving ClothesOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsAdding EvilRobbing People

[In another case], come to terms with the person suing you as soon as possible, [even] on your way [to court], so he does not take you before the judge, and then the judge turn you over to the officer and you be sent to prison. Verse ConceptsAgreementDiscorddisagreementsLawyersJudgesOfficersAttorneyLawsuitsLitigationQuarrelsDebtorsAgreeingHanding Over PeopleImprisonmentsCourt SessionsPeople Accusing PeopleMisunderstandingsMaking Peace With EnemiesReconciliationConflictResolving Conflictjail


If any one of you has a complaint against someone, how can you dare to take it before non-Christian judges [to be decided], instead of before the saints [i.e., God's holy people]? Verse ConceptsLawyersdisagreementsSaintsUngodlinessAttorneyLawsuitsLitigationDivision Among ChristiansEvildoersProblem PeopleComplainingFamily ProblemsConflictFamily ConflictResolving Conflictcommunionproblems