Bible Strands
1 Corinthians 6:8
Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to the Corinthian church during a dispute over internal lawsuits, directly addressing their legal actions against one another.
The words — ἀποστερεῖτε (apostereite) translates to defraud or withhold what is owed, and ἀδελφοὺς (adelphous) identifies the victims as fellow believers.
The thread — This warning against exploiting kin mirrors Leviticus 19:13, is echoed in the threat of divine vengeance in 1 Thessalonians 4:6, and aligns with the principle of impartial repayment in Colossians 3:25.
Why it lands — The passage requires readers to cease legal retaliation against other believers and accept personal loss rather than commit injustice, grounding the command in their shared identity and the certainty of divine judgment.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
Cross-references
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
- Colossians 3:25 Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
- Leviticus 19:13 You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- Micah 2:2 They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
- Malachi 3:5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Mark 10:19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
- James 5:4 Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.