ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 6 v6

SETTLING DISPUTES AMONG CHRISTIANS. ORIGEN: We have rulers of the church to whom we should take our disputes, so that we will not be summoned before the law courts of unbelievers. COMMENTARY ON 1 CORINTHIANS 2.27.27-28.

TAKING BELIEVERS TO THE COURTS OF UNBELIEVERS DOUBLY WRONG. PELAGIUS: There is a double sin here. First, they were taking each other to court, and secondly, they were going to court before unbelievers. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 6.

THE NEED FOR UNDERSTANDING AND DISCERNMENT. CHRYSOSTOM: When brothers go to law against each other, there is no need for a mediator to show understanding and discernment. Brotherly feeling and relationship contribute greatly toward the settlement of such quarrels. To take such a quarrel before unbelievers merely makes everything that much worse and prevents a happy resolution of the problem. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 16.6.

IMPLIES NO DISRESPECT FOR CIVIL AUTHORITIES. THEODORET OF CYR: This in no way contradicts Romans [13], where Paul tells people to respect the magistrates. He is not telling us to resist secular authorities, but rather we should not appeal to them. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 195.

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