Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII For in the first Epistle to the Corinthians the divine apostle says: "Dare any of you, having a matter against the other, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? Know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? "[140] Tertullian To His Wife Book II And she will have to go forth (from her house) by a gate wreathed with laurel, and hung with lanterns, as from some new consistory of public lusts; she will have to sit with her husband ofttimes in club meetings, oft-times in taverns; and, wont as she was formerly to minister to the "saints," will sometimes have to minister to the "unjust."[43] Tertullian On Modesty chiding them likewise because "brethren" were not "judged at the bar of the saints: "[43] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews In the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: "Dares any of you, having a matter against other, to discuss it among the unrighteous, and not among the saints? Know ye not that the saints shall judge this world? "[609] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II It is therefore a noble encomium for a Christian to have no contest with any one;[211]