1 Corinthians 6:5

I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you a wise man, not even one, who shall be able to arbitrate between his brethren?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?

In Context

4If, then, you have controversies pertaining to things of this life, set them to judge who are the least esteemed in the church.

6But brother goes to law with brother, and this before the unbelievers?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself: if any one among you is considered as wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

1 Corinthians 4:14I do not write these things that I may make you ashamed; but as my beloved children I admonish you.

1 Corinthians 15:34Awake, as you should, to soberness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

James 3:13Who is wise and discreet among you? Let him show, by a good behavior, his works, with the meekness of wisdom.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 6:2-9

Causes of Litigation Censured. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. 5 I speak to… Read the whole commentary →

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