then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
1 Corinthians 6:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 In fact, to have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why, the very fact of your having lawsuits with one another at all is a defect (a defeat, an evidence of positive moral loss for you). Why not rather let yourselves suffer wrong and be deprived of what is your due? Why not rather be cheated (defrauded and robbed)? American Standard Version (1901) Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded? Common English Bible The fact that you have lawsuits against each other means that you’ve already lost your case. Why not be wronged instead? Why not be cheated? Catholic Public Domain Version Now there is certainly an offense among you, beyond everything else, when you have court cases against one another. Should you not accept injury instead? Should you not endure being cheated instead? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Already indeed there is plainly a fault among you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why do you not rather take wrong? Why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? |
then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.
Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will help you.
Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.
Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.”
If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt.
See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.
Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.