complaint
momphe, mempsis denotes a grievance held by one person against another in a setting that calls for forgiveness.
The attested use denotes a grievance that one person may have against another, named within an instruction to bear with and forgive one another in Colossians 3:13.
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A grievance against another person · dominant
In Colossians 3:13, the accusative singular feminine form occurs in the conditional clause about someone having a grievance against another; the surrounding instruction is to bear with and forgive one another. The APB renders the clause, "if anyone has a complaint against another,".
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Colossians 3:13, the APB presents the clause as "if anyone has a complaint against another" within the command to forgive. This wording confirms the clause's overall setting rather than isolating a precise English equivalent.