I am a Christian who is one of those weird people who believes that 1 Corinthians 6 actually tells Christians not to sue other Christians. (Link: http://www.es

I am a Christian who is one of those weird people who believes that 1 Corinthians 6 actually tells Christians not to sue other Christians. (Link: http://www.esvbible.org/1%20Corinthians%206/ http://www.esvbible.org/1%20Corinthians%206/ ) I get very wary when I see that same argument used by those on the receiving end of accusations. It's one thing to maintain a personal conviction that you will resolve things in person or through non-court mediation. It's another to run around trying to prevent other people from using the courts, while simultaneously hiding from the church, the intended alternative. There's also a long tradition in biblical interpretation of distinguishing between imperatives (commands, like "thou shalt not sue other Christians", if it were hypothetically written) and indicatives (statements of fact, like "to have lawsuits at all with one another is a defeat for you"). Making the case to bind others' consciences is much harder when you have only indicatives.