1 Corinthians 6:6

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But [instead], a brother goes to court against his brother, and that in front of an unbelieving [judge]!

Cross References

Acts 7:26

The next day Moses came across a couple of his relatives who were fighting and tried to settle their dispute by saying, ‘Brothers, since you are fellow-countrymen, why are you hurting each other?’

1 Corinthians 6:1

If any one of you has a complaint against someone, how can you dare to take it before non-Christian judges [to be decided], instead of before the saints [i.e., God’s holy people]?

1 Corinthians 6:7

Indeed, the fact that you have lawsuits with one another is [evidence of] a complete failure among you. Why should you not rather take the wrong? Why should you not rather accept being cheated?

2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not team up with unbelievers [i.e., in close relationships, such as marriage, etc.] For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or, what fellowship can light have with darkness?

2 Corinthians 6:15

And what harmony can Christ have with Belial? [Note: “Belial” means “worthlessness” and was used for referring to the devil]. Or, what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

1 Timothy 5:8

But if anyone does not provide for [the needs of] his own [relatives], and especially for his own [immediate] family, he has denied the faith [i.e., the fundamental beliefs of Christianity], and is worse than an unbeliever.