1 Corinthians 6:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 6:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 6:7 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 6:7 — KJV
“Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?”
— 1 Corinthians 6:7 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 6:7 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 6:7
“Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. done...: Heb. diminished”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 6:7: therefore, among, because
“Now it came to pass, when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 6:7: now, utterly, among
“Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. There...: Heb. There shall not a man be cut off”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 6:7: now, therefore, law
“And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Woman: Heb. Isha Man: Heb. Ish”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 6:7: now, because, one
“Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 6:7: now, therefore, why
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