1 When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?
2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to settle trivial suits?
3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? Why not ordinary matters!
4 So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?
5 I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?
6 Instead, does a Christian sue a Christian, and do this before unbelievers?
7 The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?