But brother goes to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
The charge is twofold; both that he goes to law, and before the unbelievers. For if even the thing by itself, To go to law with a brother, be a fault, to do it also before aliens, what pardon does it admit of?
When brothers go to law against each other, there is no need for a mediator to show understanding and discernment. Brotherly feeling and relationship contribute greatly toward the settlement of such quarrels. To take such a quarrel before unbelievers merely makes everything that much worse and prevents a happy resolution of the problem.
