Arbitration

How Nave’s arranged it

• INSTANCES OF
• The two harlots in the presence of King Solomon1 Kings 3:16–28
• Urged by Paul, as a mode of action for Christians1 Corinthians 6:1–8
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The passages, in Bible order (2)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 1 Kings 3:16–28

   At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 3:16–282 voices

   “Harlots - Or, victuallers: for the Hebrew words signifies both. Yet that they are unmarried persons, seems probable, both because there is no mention of any husbands, whose office it was, if there were any such, to contest for their wives; and because they lived a solitary life in one house.

   “Then came there two women--Eastern monarchs, who generally administer justice in person, at least in all cases of difficulty, often appeal to the principles of human nature when they are at a loss otherwise to find a clue to the truth or see clearly their way through a mass of conflicting testimony.

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2. 1 Corinthians 6:1–8

   If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!

   ›Commentary on 1 Corinthians 6:1–82 voices

   “The unjust - The heathens. A Christian could expect no justice from these. The saints - Who might easily decide these smaller differences in a private and friendly manner.

   “Dare any of you This is the first statement -- that, if any one has a controversy with a brother, it ought to be decided before godly judges, and that it ought not to be before those that are ungodly. If the reason is asked, I have already said, that it is because disgrace is brought upon the gospel, and the name of Christ is held up as it were to the scoffings of the ungodly.

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