Bible verses about "disagreements" | Moffatt

¹⁶ Truly, truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than he who sent him.

³² you will understand the truth, and the truth will set you free."

¹⁹ There must be parties among you, if genuine Christians are to be recognized.

⁹ then be sure the Lord knows how to rescue pious folk from trial, and how to keep the unrighteous under punishment till the day of doom,

⁷ Even to have law-suits with one another is in itself evidence of defeat. Why not rather let yourselves be wronged? Why not rather let yourselves be defrauded?

¹ As the Lord's prisoner, then, I beg of you to live a life worthy of your calling, ² with perfect modesty and gentleness, showing forbearance to one another patiently, zealous in love ³ to preserve the unity of the Spirit by binding peace upon yourselves.

¹ When any of you has a grievance against his neighbour, do you dare to go to law in a sinful pagan court, instead of laying the case before the saints? ² Do you not know the saints are to manage the world? If the world is to come under your jurisdiction, are you incompetent to adjudicate upon trifles? ³ Do you not know we are to manage angels, let alone mundane issues? ⁴ And yet, when you have mundane issues to settle, you refer them to the judgment of men who from the point of view of the church are of no account! ⁵ I say this to put you to shame. Has it come to this, that there is not a single wise man among you who could decide a dispute between members of the brotherhood, ⁶ instead of one brother going to law with another — and before unbelievers too! ⁷ Even to have law-suits with one another is in itself evidence of defeat. Why not rather let yourselves be wronged? Why not rather let yourselves be defrauded? ⁸ But instead of that you inflict wrong and practise frauds — and that upon members of the brotherhood!

³¹ Drop all bitter feeling and passion and anger and clamouring and insults, together with all malice; ³² be kind to each other, be tender-hearted, be generous to each other as God has been generous to you in Christ.

¹ Copy God, then, as his beloved children, ² and lead lives of love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for you to be a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.