then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
1 Corinthians 6:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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.
Don't say, *I will pay back evil.* Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.
Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.
Zakkai stood and said to the Lord, *Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.*
To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold your coat also.
See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.
not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.