1 Corinthians 6:1 (WEB)
Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?
Fathers and councils · 9
Council of Carthage (419)
““According to the Apostolic law,” viz., that of St. Paul, 1 Cor. vi. 1, 2, etc. I follow the Greek scholia in rendering this canon.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“For the Apostle instituted ecclesiastical judges of such causes, forbidding Christians to contend in the forum.…Certainly, on account of those who carry on law suits pertinaciously with one another, and, when they harass the good, scorn our judgments, and cause us to…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 1–6.
Read the whole comment“Another case of the same kind is where he says: “Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 1
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Ambrose of Milan
“Do ye not know the saints shall judge the world?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 1, 2.
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Tertullian
“…a man must be surrendered to Satan for the destruction of the flesh;” chiding them likewise because “brethren” were not “judged at the bar of the saints:” for he goes on and says, “To what (purpose is it) for me to judge those who are without?”” — editor's note: See 1 Cor. vi. 1–6; v. 12.
Read the whole comment- Tertullian, To His Wife II.6Book II
“…ofttimes in club meetings, oft-times in taverns; and, wont as she was formerly to minister to the “saints,” will sometimes have to minister to the “unjust.”” — editor's note: Sanctis—iniquis. Comp. St. Paul’s antithesis of ἀδίκων and ἁγίων in 1 Cor. vi. 1.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…are at the disposal of anyone who will; and we all become pious by simply condemning the impiety of others; and we claim the services of ungodly judges, and fling that which is holy to the dogs, and cast pearls before swine, by publishing divine things in the hearing of profane souls, and, wretches that we are,…” — editor's note: Ib. vi. 1, 7.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Know ye not that the saints shall judge the world?” and so on.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 1, 2.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Know ye not that the saints shall judge this world?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vi. 1, 2.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 78.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 78.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.
Cited together in To His Wife II.6.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 78.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.
Cited together in To His Wife II.6.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 78.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.14.
Cited together in To His Wife II.6.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 78.