Matthew 5:40, κριθῆναι = κρίνεσθαι in 1 Corinthians 6:1, to sue at law as in A. V [30] Grotius takes it as meaning extra-judicial strife, while admitting that the word is used in the judicial sense in the Sept [31], e.g., Job 9:3; Ecclesiastes 6:10. Beza had previously taken the same view. χιτῶνα, ἱμάτιον. The contention is supposed to be about the under garment or the tunic, and the advice is, rather than go to law, let him have not only it but also, καὶ, the more costly upper robe, mantle, toga. The poor man might have several tunics or shirts for change, but only one upper garment, used for clothing by day, for bed-cover by night, therefore humanely forbidden to be retained over night as a pledge, Exodus 22:26.

[30] Authorised Version.

[31] Septuagint.

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