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?