1Cor 6:1 | RWP | e4.org | Dare any of you? ( τολμα τις υμων; ). Does any one of you dare? Rhetorical question with present indicative of τολμαω , old verb from τολμα , daring. Bengel: grandi verbo notatur laesa majestas Christianorum . "The word is an argument in itself" (Robertson and Plummer). Apparently Paul has an actual case in mind as in chapter though no name is called. Having a matter against his neighbour ( πραγμα εχων προς τον ετερον ). Forensic sense of πραγμα (from πρασσω , to do, to exact, to extort as in ), a case, a suit (Demosthenes 1020, 26), with the other or the neighbour as in ; ; ; . Go to law ( κρινεσθα ). Present middle or passive (ch. ) in the same forensic sense as κριθηνα in . Κριτης , judge, is from this verb. Before the unrighteous ( επ των αδικων ). This use of επ with the genitive for "in the presence of" is idiomatic as in , επ Τιτου , in the case of Titus. The Jews held that to bring a lawsuit before a court of idolaters was blasphemy against the law. But the Greeks were fond of disputatious lawsuits with each other. Probably the Greek Christians brought cases before pagan judges.

‏ 1 Corinthians 6:1

Dare any of you? ( τολμα τις υμων; ). Does any one of you dare? Rhetorical question with present indicative of τολμαω, old verb from τολμα, daring. Bengel: grandi verbo notatur laesa majestas Christianorum. "The word is an argument in itself" (Robertson and Plummer). Apparently Paul has an actual case in mind as in chapter 1Co 5 though no name is called.

Having a matter against his neighbour ( πραγμα εχων προς τον ετερον ). Forensic sense of πραγμα (from πρασσω, to do, to exact, to extort as in Lu 3:13), a case, a suit (Demosthenes 1020, 26), with the other or the neighbour as in 10:24; 14:17; Ga 6:4; Ro 2:1.

Go to law ( κρινεσθα ). Present middle or passive (ch. Ro 3:4) in the same forensic sense as κριθηνα in Mt 5:40. Κριτης, judge, is from this verb.

Before the unrighteous ( επ των αδικων ). This use of επ with the genitive for "in the presence of" is idiomatic as in 2Co 7:14, επ Τιτου, in the case of Titus. The Jews held that to bring a lawsuit before a court of idolaters was blasphemy against the law. But the Greeks were fond of disputatious lawsuits with each other. Probably the Greek Christians brought cases before pagan judges.