1 Corinthians 6:5

I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?

Bible in Basic English

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 there are questions to be judged in connection with the things of this life, why do you put them in the hands of those who have no position in the church?

6But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

1 Corinthians 3:18Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

1 Corinthians 4:14I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.

1 Corinthians 15:34Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

James 3:13Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle 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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