1 Corinthians 6:5

I speak to you [to put you] to shame. Thus there is not a wise person among you, not even one, who shall be able to decide between his brethren!

Darby Translation

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 ye have judgments as to things of this life, set those [to judge] who are little esteemed in the assembly.

6But brother prosecutes his suit with brother, and that before unbelievers.

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way; but the folly of the foolish is deceit.

1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.

1 Corinthians 4:14Not [as] chiding do I write these things to you, but as my beloved children I admonish [you].

1 Corinthians 15:34Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame.

James 3:13Who [is] wise and understanding among you; let him shew out of a good conversation his works in 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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