1Cor 6:7 | RWP | e4.org | Nay, already it is altogether a defect among you ( ηδη μεν ουν ολως ηττημα υμιν εστιν ). "Indeed therefore there is to you already (to begin with, ηδη , before any question of courts) wholly defeat." Hηττημα (from ητταομα ) is only here, ; and ecclesiastical writers. See ητταομα (from ηττων , less) in ; . Νικη was victory and ηττα defeat with the Greeks. It is defeat for Christians to have lawsuits ( κριματα , usually decrees or judgments) with one another. This was proof of the failure of love and forgiveness ( ). Take wrong ( αδικεισθε ). Present middle indicative, of old verb αδικεω (from αδικος , not right). Better undergo wrong yourself than suffer defeat in the matter of love and forgiveness of a brother. Be defrauded ( αποστερεισθε ). Permissive middle again like αδικεισθε . Allow yourselves to be robbed (old verb to deprive, to rob) rather than have a lawsuit.

‏ 1 Corinthians 6:7

Nay, already it is altogether a defect among you ( ηδη μεν ουν ολως ηττημα υμιν εστιν ). "Indeed therefore there is to you already (to begin with, ηδη, before any question of courts) wholly defeat." Hηττημα (from ητταομα ) is only here, Ro 11:12; Isa 31:8 and ecclesiastical writers. See ητταομα (from ηττων, less) in 2Co 12:13; 2Pe 2:19f. Νικη was victory and ηττα defeat with the Greeks. It is defeat for Christians to have lawsuits ( κριματα, usually decrees or judgments) with one another. This was proof of the failure of love and forgiveness (Col 3:13).

Take wrong ( αδικεισθε ). Present middle indicative, of old verb αδικεω (from αδικος, not right). Better undergo wrong yourself than suffer

defeat in the matter of love and forgiveness of a brother.

Be defrauded ( αποστερεισθε ). Permissive middle again like αδικεισθε. Allow yourselves to be robbed (old verb to deprive, to rob) rather than have a lawsuit.