Law

 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints?
1 Corinthians 6:1 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/1co.6.1.ESV

We're not told what the Corinthian Christians were going to court with each other for. Maybe they were like America stereotypically is, with people suing each other relatively frequently. We know slavery existed back then, so maybe it was slaves with grievances against their masters and vis versa.

Whatever the reasons for going to court, Paul insisted that they weren't valid. Church is meant to be a loving family within which differences are ironed out. There should in theory be more wisdom in the church of Christ than in the world's law courts.

One of the biggest issues in the courts is divorce. Ideally, Christians shouldn't be divorcing. If there's adultery then of course there can be separation, and if there's abuse there should be, but the Biblical ideal even for adulterous partners is that they become reconciled to the wronged partners.

'Lord, where there's conflicts between us as Your people, please help us to resolve them amongst ourselves, and not to resort to going to the law courts. For the honour of Your holy name, amen'

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