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Verse 1 Corinthians 6:4. _THINGS PERTAINING TO THIS LIFE_] They could
examine all civil cases among themselves, which they were permitted to
determine without any hinderance from the heathen governmen...
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YE HAVE JUDGMENTS - Causes; controversies; suits.
THINGS PERTAINING TO THIS LIFE - Property, etc.
SET THEM TO JUDGE ... - The verb translated set καθίζετε
kathizete may be either in the imperative m...
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CHAPTER 6
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1. Concerning Disputes before Heathen Courts. (1 Corinthians 6:1).
2. The Holiness of Believers; Their Bodies the Temples of the Holy
Spirit. (1 Corinthians 6:8).
Instead of settling t...
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THE SCANDAL OF CHRISTIANS SUING EACH OTHER BEFORE HEATHEN TRIBUNALS.
Paul has prepared for his next rebuke by his reference to the function
of the church to judge its own members. But alas, Christians...
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When any of you has a ground of complaint against his fellow, does he
dare to go to law before unrighteous men, and not before God's
dedicated people? Are you not aware that God's dedicated people wil...
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THE FOLLY OF THE LAW COURTS (1 Corinthians 6:1-8)...
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IF. App-118.
JUDGMENTS. See 1 Corinthians 6:2.
SET... TO JUDGE. Literally cause... to sit. Greek. _kathizo._ Compare
Ephesians 1:20.
LEAST ESTEEMED. counted as nothing. Greek. _exoutheneo._ See...
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_judgments domes_, Wiclif. See note on 1 Corinthians 6:2. The meaning
(2) seems the only admissible one here, inasmuch as Christians were
not likely as yet to possess secular tribunals or to hold secu...
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ΜῈΝ ΟΥ̓͂Ν. Stronger than the simple οὖν, and making
βιωτικά still more emphatic.
ΚΡΙΤΉΡΙΑ. Here at first sight the A.V. _causes_ would seem to
give the best sense once more. But the translation ‘if t...
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THE WAY TO SETTLE DISPUTES IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
The principle is here laid down which is to guide Christians in their
lawsuits. Disputes about property are treated by the Apostle as
matters of the...
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_ LEGAL PROBLEMS AT CORINTH 1 CORINTHIANS 6:1-6:_ The Christians at
Corinth not only were dealing with the problem of division and incest
there were also legal problems. The brethren had legal matters...
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IF THEN YE HAVE JUDGMENTS— _If therefore you have controversies
relating to affairs of this life, do you set them to judge, who are of
no esteem in the church;_—that is to say, the heathen magistrates...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Going to Court Before Pagan Judges_ (1-11)
_Text_
1 Corinthians 6:1-11. Dare any of you, having a matter against his
neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 1
Defrauders Are Not Brothers (1 Corinthians 6:1-8)
6 When one of you has a grievance against a brother, does he dare go
to law before the unrighteous instead of the the sa...
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If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them
to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
JUDGMENTS - i:e., cases for judgment. LEAST ESTEEMED - literally,
those of no e...
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1 It is unfortunate that our word "judge" usually takes on the sense
of condemnation. The saints are not to condemn the world but to rule
it during the eons. Saints in Israel will possess the kingdom...
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PARAPHRASE. 'How is it that when you quarrel with one another you go
before heathen judges and do not let some of the brethren decide your
matter? (2) You spoke of the saints judging the world, why no...
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_(C) 6:1-11. CHRISTIANS AND LITIGATION_
St. Paul reproves the Corinthians for referring their disputes about
ordinary affairs to heathen judges. The subject was suggested by
rumours he had heard; and...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 6
CHRISTIANS AND THE LAW COURTS 6:1-8
V1 Suppose that one of you has a reason to complain against another
Christian. You may take your pro...
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IF THEN YE HAVE JUDGMENTS.... — Better, _If, however, you choose to
have judgments to be given on matters of this life._ The last words
show that the questions which are alluded to are purely worldly...
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CHAPTER 9
ON GOING TO LAW
ST. PAUL here gives his judgment on the litigiousness of the
Corinthians. The Greeks, in general, were fond of going to law. They
were not only quarrelsome, but they seemed...
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§ 17. LAW-SUITS IN HEATHEN COURTS. Beside the πόρνος, amongst
those to be excommunicated at Cor [887], stood the
πλεονέκτης (1 Corinthians 5:11); fraud and robbery were only
less rife than licentiousn...
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1 Corinthians 6:4-5 _a_. 1 Corinthians 6:4 is rendered in three diff
[912] ways, as (_a_) τ. ἐξουθενημένους ἐν τ.
ἐκκλησίᾳ is taken to mean _the heathen iudges_, the
ἄδικοι of 1 Corinthians 6:1
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SETTLING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRETHREN
1 Corinthians 6:1
The Apostle was clearly of the opinion that it was wiser for a
Christian to bear injustice and wrong than to go to law before a
heathen tribuna...
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The apostle now passed to another dereliction. Disputes in the church
were being submitted to heathen tribunals. What these matters were we
are not told. The teaching of the apostle is clear, and has...
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The Shame of Brother Going To Law Against Brother
If they had been called upon as a congregation to judge a matter
concerning this life, the Christians having the least sense and
experience would not...
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(4) If then ye have (c) judgments of things pertaining to this life,
set them to judge who are (d) least esteemed in the church.
(4) The conclusion, in which he prescribes a remedy for this wrong:
tha...
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Set them to judge, who are the most despised in the Church. Rather
make choice of Christians of lesser parts and talents, than have
recourse to infidels, who will be scandalized at the injuries and
in...
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III. LAWSUITS. 6:1-11
The subject of discipline, though connected with the domain of
ecclesiastical life, trenched on the sphere of moral questions. We
come now to the subjects which belong exclusive...
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“If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set
them _to judge_ who are least esteemed in the Church!”
Here is the practical conclusion from the foregoing argument; in its
form there...
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(1) Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before
the unjust, and not before the saints? (2) Do ye not know that the
saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged...
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As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle
give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle
speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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4._If you have judgments then as to things pertaining to this life _We
must always keep in view what causes he is treating of; for public
trials are beyond our province, and ought not to be transferre...
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1 Corinthians 6:1-11 treats the subject of wrongs. It was shameful
that those who were to judge the world and the angels should be
incapable of judging the paltry affairs of this world. Let the least...
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IF THEN YE HAVE JUDGMENTS OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THIS LIFE,.... Not
judgements relating to life and death, for these were not in the power
of a Jewish sanhedrim now, and much less of a Christian comm...
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If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them
to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
Ver. 4. _If then ye have judgments_] As the Corinthians, being many of
them mercha...
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The apostle, having mentioned one very great irregularity among the
professors of Christianity at Corinth, proceeds now to animadvert upon
another, namely, their entering into suits of law with each o...
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JUDGMENTS; cases of difference to be settled.
OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THIS LIFE; not requiring, therefore, for their
settlement the possession of high spiritual gifts.
SET THEM TO JUDGE WHO ARE LEAST...
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IF, THEN, YE HAVE JUDGMENTS OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THIS LIFE, SET
THEM TO JUDGE WHO ARE LEAST ESTEEMED IN THE CHURCH.
The opening of this chapter is marked by an abrupt outburst of
indignant feeling...
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GOING TO LAW WITH BRETHREN.
The charge:...
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In this chapter there is another matter raised in which the
Corinthians had not been using proper judgment. No individual is
singled out here, but the strong reproof of the apostle is for any who
had...
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IF THEN YE HAVE TO JUDGE THINGS PERTAINING TO THIS LIFE, DO YE SET
THEM TO JUDGE WHO ARE OF NO ACCOUNT IN THE CHURCH?
'If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life' -'lit., well
then, if...
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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
o...
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IF THEN YE HAVE JUDGMENT OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THIS LIFE, that is,
if you have any cause of suing or impleading one another for things
that pertain to this life, be they of what nature they will, SE...
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If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set
them to judge who are of no account in the church?...
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Pseudo-Cyprian On the Glory of Martyrdom
Moreover, also, the Apostle Paul says: "Be ye imitators of me, as I
also am of Christ."[30]...
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1 Corinthians 6:4 If G1437 then G3303 G3767 have G2192 (G5725)
judgments G2922 life G982 appoint G2523 ...
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CHRISTIANS ARE NOT TO GO TO COURT AGAINST THEIR FELLOW-CHRISTIANS
(6:1-9A).
The idea that the church judges internal matters like sin leads on to
the idea that the church can also act as judge in disp...
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‘If then you have to judge things pertaining to this life, set those
to judge who are of no account in the church (or ‘do you set to
judge those---'). I say this to move you to shame. Is it so that th...
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This topic seems to have been suggested by the closing verses of the
preceding chapter, about Christians having nothing to do with judging
“them that are without.” ‘Yes (says the apostle), but what is...
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1 Corinthians 6:4. IF THEN YE HAVE TO JUDGE THINGS PERTAINING TO THIS
LIFE, SET THEM TO JUDGE WHO ARE OF NO ACCOUNT IN THE CHURCH an
ironical way of hinting that their differences were so petty that t...
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IF THEN YE HAVE TO JUDGE THINGS PERTAINING TO THIS LIFE
(βιωτικα μεν ουν κριτηρια εαν εχητε).
Note emphatic position (proleptic) of βιωτικα κριτηρια
(tribunals pertaining to this life, as above). "I...
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1. _Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before
the unjust, and not before the saints?_
In those days, the courts of law were utterly unjust. It was all a
matter of who could b...
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CONTENTS: Saints forbidden to go to law with each other. Sanctity of
the body. The body the Lord's temple.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit.
CONCLUSION: Contention of Christians before the law i...
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1 Corinthians 6:1. _Dare any of you go to law before the unjust?_ He
whose cause is just appeals to equity, but he who does his neighbour
wrong is vexatious. In England, our judges, after the cause is...
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WHO HAVE NO STANDING IN THE CHURCH? [The Greek of this verse can be
translated three ways. The TEV follows Meyer, Heinrici, W & H, Tisch.,
et. al. The NIV follows the Vulgate, Beza, KJV, et. al. _Whit...
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_Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before
the unjust?_
ON GOING TO LAW
The Greeks were not only quarrelsome, but derived an excitement
pleasant to their frivolous nature in...
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CHAPTER 6
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
i. The Apostle passes on to the subject of lawsuits and trials, and
reproves the Corinthians for instituting proceedings before the
heathen judges, and he declares...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Two SECTIONS; Two TOPICS.— 1 Corinthians 6:1
1 Corinthians 6:1.—Canon Evans (_Speaker’s Commentary_) thus
exhibits the verbal connection: “Deigneth any one of you (_you_
emphatic), h...
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EXPOSITION
1 CORINTHIANS 6:1
_Litigation before heathen courts forbidden._
1 CORINTHIANS 6:1
DARE ANY OF YOU? rather, _Dare any one of you? _It is in St. Paul's
view an _audacious _defiance of
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Now Paul brings up another issue, and that was the taking of a brother
before the pagan courts.
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the
unjust, and not before the saint...
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1 Corinthians 5:12; Acts 6:2...
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Judgments [κ ρ ι τ η ρ ι α]. Better, tribunals or courts, as
ver. 2. If you have to hold courts for the settlement of private
matters.
Set [κ α θ ι ζ ε τ ε]. Seat them as judges on the tribunal. It
is...
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THE INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT
1 Corinthians 6:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The studies in the Epistle to the Corinthians are not written to be
shelved, but to be carefully studied, and followed, lest we fall,...
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Them who are of no esteem in the church — That is, heathens, who, as
such, could be in no esteem with the Christians....
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It must be still obsreved, that the apostle, doth not go about to
abolish the use of secular judgments, or condemn going to law; but
only reproves the abuses that were found among them therein. BROTHE...