1 Corinthians 6:1-3

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Lawsuits Discouraged

6 Does any one of you, when he has a ^[a]complaint (civil dispute) with another [believer], dare to go to law before unrighteous men (non-believers) instead of [placing the issue] before the saints (God’s people)? ²^[b]Do you not know that the saints (God’s people) will [one day] judge the world? If the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent ^[c]to try trivial (insignificant, petty) cases? ³Do you not know that we [believers] will judge angels? How much more then [as to] matters of this life?

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Footnotes

1 Corinthians 6:1 I.e. a property or civil claim (not a criminal matter) before it goes to court.
1 Corinthians 6:2 This is the first of six “Do you not know” statements in this chapter.
1 Corinthians 6:2 Or to form the smallest courts.