1 Corinthians 6:1
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
KJV
Τολμᾷ τις ὑμῶν πρᾶγμα ἔχων πρὸς τὸν ἕτερον κρίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τῶν ἀδίκων, καὶ οὐχὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἁγίων;
Greek NT
Audet aliquis vestrum habens negotium adversus alterum, judicari apud iniquos, et non apud sanctos ?
Vulgate
Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
ASV
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to be judged before the unjust: and not before the saints?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρίνω
krino
verb · 114×
οὐχί
ouchi
particle · 53×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
πρᾶγμα
pragma
noun · 11×
τολμάω
tolmao
verb · 16×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἄδικος
adikos
adjective · 12×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἕτερος
eteros
adjective · 99×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. Next he adds also the reason why he forbids them not to mix with heathens of that character, implying that it is not only impossible, but also superfluous. 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Calling the Christians and the Greeks, those within and those without, as also he says elsewhere, 1 Timothy 3:7 He must also have a good repo…
Chapter 1.— This Work Not Intended as a Treatise on Rhetoric. 1. This work of mine, which is entitled On Christian Doctrine, was at the commencement divided into two parts. For, after a preface, in which I answered by anticipation those who were likely to take exception to the work, I said, There are two things on which all interpretation of Scripture depends: the mode of ascer…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 3:3 — For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
- 1Cor 14:33 — For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
- Acts 19:38 — Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
- Exod 18:16 — When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
- Matt 18:15 — Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.