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1 Corinthians 6:7

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1 Corinthians 6:7

7Now 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?

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1 Corinthians 6:7

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

fault

Properly, an erring or missing; a failing; hence, an error or mistake; a blunder; a defect; a blemish; whatever impairs excellence; applied to things.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

law

A rule, command, or body of commands established by authority; especially God's commandments or the law given through Moses, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

one

The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

take

To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

wrong

Contrary to justice, truth, or right; as a verb, to injure or treat unjustly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

suffer

To bear, undergo, or endure pain, loss, or hardship; also to allow or permit.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

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defrauded

Deprived of property or right by trick, artifice or deception; injured by the withholding of what is due.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

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From verse 7

  1. Romans 12:17–19
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  2. Proverbs 20:22
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  3. 1 Peter 2:19–23
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  4. 1 Peter 3:9
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  5. Matthew 5:39–41
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