If any of you has a legal dispute against another, do you dare go to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

你们中间有彼此相争的事，怎敢在不义的人面前求审，不在圣徒面前求审呢？

你们中间有彼此争吵的事，怎敢告到不义的人面前，而不告到圣徒面前呢？

你们中间有彼此争吵的事，怎敢告到不义的人面前，而不告到圣徒面前呢？

你们中间发生了纠纷，不找圣徒审理，竟敢告到不义的人面前吗？

你们中间有人和弟兄起了争执，怎敢告到不义的人面前，却不告在圣徒面前呢？

你们中间，当一个与另一个有了问题，怎么敢告到不义的人面前，而不告到圣徒面前呢？

你們中間有彼此相爭的事，怎敢在不義的人面前求審，不在聖徒面前求審呢？

你們中間有彼此爭吵的事，怎敢告到不義的人面前，而不告到聖徒面前呢？

你們中間有彼此爭吵的事，怎敢告到不義的人面前，而不告到聖徒面前呢？

你們中間發生了糾紛，不找聖徒審理，竟敢告到不義的人面前嗎？

你們中間有人和弟兄起了爭執，怎敢告到不義的人面前，卻不告在聖徒面前呢？

你們中間有人對另一個人有爭訟的事，怎敢在不義的人面前受審判，而不在聖徒面前呢？

你們中間，當一個與另一個有了問題，怎麼敢告到不義的人面前，而不告到聖徒面前呢？

爾中或有相爭、敢訟於不義者前、而不於聖徒前乎、

爾與兄弟爭訟、何忍訟於不義者前、而不訟於聖徒前乎、

爾中有相爭之事、何敢訟於不義者前、而不訟於聖徒前乎、

兄弟間如有訟案、理當請聖徒決斷；豈有逕向不義者請求裁判者乎？

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?

Suppose one of you wants to bring a charge against another believer. Should you take it to ungodly people to be judged? Why not take it to the Lord’s people?

When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?

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!

If any of you has a dispute against another, how dare you take it to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints?

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

So if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a case against anyone, the courts are in session, and there are proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another.

As Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews,“ If it were a matter of a crime or of moral evil, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you Jews.But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I don’t want to be a judge of such things.”

Instead, believer goes to court against believer, and that before unbelievers!Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather be cheated?

since God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

“ If your brother sins against you, go and rebuke him in private. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.But if he won’t listen, take one or two more with you, so that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every fact may be established.If he pays no attention to them, tell the church. But if he doesn’t pay attention even to the church, let him be like an unbeliever and a tax collector to you.

Now about the collection for the saints: You should do the same as I instructed the Galatian churches.

Brothers, you know the household of Stephanas: They are the firstfruits of Achaia and have devoted themselves to serving the saints. I urge you

To God’s church at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called as saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord— both their Lord and ours.