1 Corinthians 6:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁷ 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?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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

⁷ 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)

⁷ 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

⁷ 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

⁷ 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

⁷ 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?

1 Corinthians 6:7 Cross References

Proverbs 2:5

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 20:22

Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Hosea 10:2

Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he shall smite their altars, he shall spoil their pillars.

Luke 19:8

And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I restore fourfold.

Luke 6:29

To him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and from him that taketh away thy cloke withhold not thy coat also.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but alway follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

1 Peter 3:9

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.