“Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?”
Do you dare take matters to court before the unbelieving judges? — Paul opens with sharp rebuke, introducing the theme of internal church disputes. The rhetorical question (dares anyone among you) frames the scandal not merely as litigious behavior but as theological capitulation. Taking disputes before pagan judges contradicts the identity of believers as those destined to judge the world itself (Dan 7:22), revealing a profound inversion of eschatological expectation and present Christian dignity.
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