Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
Parallel translations
- KJV Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
- BSB If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!
- NKJV Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
- NASB Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints?
- NLT When one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other believers!
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Cross-references · 8
- Matt 18:15–17“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.
- Acts 19:38If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
- 1 Cor 14:33for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.
- 1 Cor 6:6–7But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers!
- 1 Cor 16:1Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.
- Acts 18:14–15But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
- 1 Cor 16:15Now I beg you, brothers (you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to serve the saints),
- 1 Cor 1:2to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
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