1 Corinthians 6:5

Can it be that there is not one among you wise enough to decide between two of their fellow followers?

Open English Bible (US)

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

4Why, then, if you have cases relating to the affairs of this life, do you set to try them those who carry no weight with the church? To your shame I ask it.

6Must a follower sue a fellow follower? In front of unbelievers?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, they are wise, they should become a ‘fool,’ that they may become wise.

1 Corinthians 4:14It is with no wish to shame you that I am writing like this; but to warn you as my own dear children.

1 Corinthians 15:34Wake up to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you.

James 3:13Who among you claims to be wise and intelligent? They should show that their actions are the outcome of a good life lived in the humility of true 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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