61 If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord's people?
61 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
61 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?
61 And how dare you take each other to court! When you think you have been wronged, does it make any sense to go before a court that knows nothing of God's ways instead of a family of Christians?
61 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
61 When one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other believers !
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Corinthians 6:1
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 6:1-8
(Read 1 Corinthians 6:1-8)
Christians should not contend with one another, for they are brethren. This, if duly attended to, would prevent many law-suits, and end many quarrels and disputes. In matters of great damage to ourselves or families, we may use lawful means to right ourselves, but Christians should be of a forgiving temper. Refer the matters in dispute, rather than go to law about them. They are trifles, and may easily be settled, if you first conquer your own spirits. Bear and forbear, and the men of least skill among you may end your quarrels. It is a shame that little quarrels should grow to such a head among Christians, that they cannot be determined by the brethren. The peace of a man's own mind, and the calm of his neighbourhood, are worth more than victory. Lawsuits could not take place among brethren, unless there were faults among them.