# defeat
"failure" or "loss"
# Why not rather suffer the wrong? Why not rather allow yourselves to be cheated?
Paul continues to shame the Corinthians. AT: "It would be better to let others wrong you and cheat you than to take them to court." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# your own brothers
All believers in Christ are brothers and sisters of each other. "your own fellow believers"