1 Corinthians 6:7 meaning and explanation

The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

1 Corinthians 6:7, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul is writing to a church in Corinth where believers were taking each other to civil courts. In verse 7 he goes beyond his earlier argument about competent judges and names the deeper problem: the existence of lawsuits at all shows they have already lost ground.

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