1 Corinthians 6:6

The Passion Translation

It’s not right for a believer to sue a fellow believer—and especially to bring it before the unbelievers.

Cross References

Genesis 45:24

Then he sent his brothers off, admonishing them, “Don’t quarrel along the way.” And they departed.

Acts 7:26

The next day he came upon two of our people engaged in a fist fight, and he tried to break it up by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers! Why would you want to hurt each other?’

1 Corinthians 6:1

Furthermore, how dare you take a fellow believer to court! It is wrong to drag him before the unrighteous to settle a legal dispute. Isn’t it better to take him before God’s holy believers to settle the matter?

1 Corinthians 6:7

Don’t you realize that when you drag another believer into court you’re providing the evidence that you are already defeated? Wouldn’t it be better to accept the fact that someone is trying to cheat and take advantage of you, and simply choose the high road? At times it is better to just accept injustice and even to let someone take advantage of you, rather than to expose our conflicts publicly before unbelievers.

2 Corinthians 6:14

Don’t continue to team up with unbelievers in mismatched alliances, for what partnership is there between righteousness and rebellion? Who could mingle light with darkness?

2 Corinthians 6:15

What harmony can there be between Christ and Satan? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

1 Timothy 5:8

For if a believer fails to provide for their own relatives when they are in need, they have compromised their convictions of faith and need to be corrected, for they are living worse than the unbelievers.