1 Corinthians 6:5

I say [this] to move you to shame. What, cannot there be [found] among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren,

American Standard Version

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 to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no account in the church?

6but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

1 Corinthians 3:18Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 4:14I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

1 Corinthians 15:34Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak [this] to move you to shame.

James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life 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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