7Now 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?
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Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. …
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. …
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. …
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
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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