Probably not.
2 Cor. 11:20 In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or pushes himself forward or slaps you in the face.
Paul's point was that they did NOT 'stand up for' or pushback about
things that Christ had entrusted to them for their stewardship.
The other standard conflict-resolution approach needs to be mentioned here.
If the cases of a dispute, the believers are supposed to go before the
church. If one party WONT, they are to be treated as an outsider (and
lawsuits are fine in those settings--under stewardship). If both parties
go, but one consistently won't listen to reason, they are to be
CONSIDERED AS OUTSIDER and then lawsuits are okay. (See Matt 18:15-17)
Lastly, three other considerations:
Hope this helps...glenn
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just wanted to add two more points...
In stewardship cases...
All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
in other words, it is ONE thing to stand up under persecution; it is
ANOTHER THING to allow someone to take your witness away totally...
"If, however, I am guilty of doing anything deserving death, I do not refuse to die. But if the charges brought against me by these Jews are not true, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!"
this is the case of a wrongful 'charges' which Paul did NOT bow to...he
fought it to keep his witness alive...
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