1Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
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Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. …
Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. …
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here the apostle reproves them for going to law with one another before heathen judges for little matters; and therein blames all vexatious law-suits . In the previous chapter he had directed them to punish heinous sins among themselves by church-censures. Here he directs them to determine controversies with one another by church-counsel and advice, concerning which observe, I. The fault he blames…
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