1 Corinthians 6:1

1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 14:33; 1 Corinthians 16:1; 1 Corinthians 16:15; 1 Corinthians 6:6; 1 Corinthians 6:7; Acts 18:14; Acts 18:15; Acts 19:38; Matthew 18:15-17

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Dare any of you - The reasons why the apostle introduced this subject here may have been: That he had mentioned the subject of judging 1 Cori...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Dare (1) (a) any of you, having a matter against another, go to law (b) before the unjust, (2) and not before the saints? (1) The third question is...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Scandal of Christians Suing each other before Heathen Tribunals. Paul has prepared for his next rebuke by his reference to the function of the...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

any . App-123. against . App-104. another . the other. App-124. go to law . Literally be judged. App-122. before . App-104. unjust . Greek...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here, he begins to reprove another fault among the Corinthians — an excessive fondness for litigation, which took its rise from avarice. Now, t...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? Dare any of you, etc. - From the many thing...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Before the unjust, and not before the saints— The heathen judges, as St. Paul here in effect declares, were generally unjust; Christians at that ti...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? Dare - implying treason against Chr...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dare any of you ] Such action was antagonistic to the Christian spirit. The unjust] RV 'the unrighteous,' i.e. the heathen. The name is used in ir...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'How is it that when you quarrel with one another you go before heathen judges and do not let some of the brethren decide your matter?...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(c) 6:1-11. Christians and Litigation St. Paul reproves the Corinthians for referring their disputes about ordinary affairs to heathen judges. T...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

VI. (1) Dare any of you. — Having rebuked the Corinthian Christians for any attempt to judge those who are outside the Church — i.e., the heat...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 9 ON GOING TO LAW ST. PAUL here gives his judgment on the litigiousness of the Corinthians. The Greeks, in general, were fond of going to...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Settling Differences between Brethren 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 The Apostle was clearly of the opinion that it was wiser for a Christian to bear inj...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The apostle now passed to another dereliction. Disputes in the church were being submitted to heathen tribunals. What these matters were we are not t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The Apostle opens this Chapter, with giving Directions to the Church, how to manage their Disputes without the Law. He closeth the Chapter...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? (2) Do ye not know that the saints shal...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Dare any of you, having a matter against another ,...., Any thing in difference, an action, cause, or suit. The apostle having dispatched the affair...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? Ver. 1. Go to law before the unjust ] A...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The apostle, having mentioned one very great irregularity among the professors of Christianity at Corinth, proceeds now to animadvert upon another, n...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In this chapter there is another matter raised in which the Corinthians had not been using proper judgment. No individual is singled out here, but th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Causes of Litigation Censured. A. D. 57. 1 D...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 6 1 Corinthians 6:1-6 The Corinthians are reproved for bringing their controversies before heathen judges, which they ought...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Dare any of you, having a matter against a fellow Christian, go to law before the unrighteous and not before those who are holy (‘the saints')?' ‘H...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Christians Are Not To Go To Court Against Their Fellow-Christians (6:1-9a). The idea that the church judges internal matters like sin leads on to...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Two SECTIONS; Two TOPICS.— 1 Corinthians 6:1-20 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 .—Canon Evans ( Speaker’s Commentary ) thus exhibits the ve...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1. Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? In those days, the courts of law we...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 6:1 . Dare any of you go to law before the unjust? He whose cause is just appeals to equity, but he who does his neighbour wrong is...
The Biblical Illustrator

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust? On going to law The Greeks were not only quarrelsome, but derive...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 6:1-46 Litigation before heathen courts forbidden. 1 Corinthians 6:1 Dare any of you? rather, Dare any...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust and not before the saints?
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Going to Law with Brethren. The charge:
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Indwelling Holy Spirit 1 Corinthians 6:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The studies in the Epistle to the Corinthians are not written to be shelved...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The unjust — The heathens. A Christian could expect no justice from these. The saints — Who might easily decide these smaller differences in a priv...

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Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 6:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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