1 Corinthians 6:5

unto your shame I speak: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who shall be able to discern in the midst of his brethren!

Young's Literal 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

4of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly — these cause ye to sit;

6but brother with brother doth go to be judged, and this before unbelievers!

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.

1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age — let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

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

1 Corinthians 15:34awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say [it].

James 3:13Who [is] wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour 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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