The culture of first-century Corinth was defined by three things: immorality, philosophy, and the legal system. All three were considered to be everyday parts of life by the Corinthians, and all three were used as avenues of entertainment. When Paul addresses believers taking other believers to court in 1 Corinthians chapter 6, it is set against this backdrop. The problem was that the Corinthian believers had brought the culture of the world into the church and were proud of it. Paul challenges them with 9 rhetorical questions, all of them stemming from truths that these believers should have already known. The crux of his argument hinges on the fact that secular "unjust" judges are not qualified to execute justice according to God's law, and so Christians should not be relying on the unrighteous of the world to decide civil disputes between believers. Paul goes on to emphasize that the church has been provided with everything we need in Christ to settle these kinds of disputes between brothers, since we have God's truth and the guidance of His Spirit. His conclusion is that true victory in a dispute between brothers is found in a willingness "to be defrauded" as the matter is settled in forgiveness rather than in a court-ordered restitution.