1 Corinthians 6:5

1 Corinthians 6:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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?
• New International Version (NIV)I say this to shame you. Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?
• English Standard Version (ESV)I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers,
• New King James Version (NKJV)I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren?

Context of 1 Corinthians 6:5

3Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 4If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the Assembly. 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? 6But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. 7Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

1 Corinthians 6:5 word by word

πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν λέγω. οὕτως οὐκ ἔνι ἐν ὑμῖν οὐδεὶς σοφός, ὃς δυνήσεται διακρῖναι ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ;Read the interlinear

• I speakλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• shameἐντροπήentropē · shameG1791
• Is itεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• notοὐou · noG3756
• a wiseσοφόςsophos · wiseG4680
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• no, notοὐδέoude · norG3761
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• shall be ableδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• to judgeδιακρίνωdiakrinō · to judge/doubtG1252
• ·ἀνάana · eachG303
• betweenμέσοςmesos · midstG3319
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• brethrenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 6:5

• 1 Corinthians 4:14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
• 1 Corinthians 11:14Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
• 1 Corinthians 15:34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
• 1 Corinthians 3:18Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
• 1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
• Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
• James 1:5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• James 3:13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 6:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? - Have you none among yourselves that can be arbitrators of the differences which arise, that you go to the heathen tribunals?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I speak to your shame - I declare that which is a reproach to you, that your matters of dispute are carried before pagan tribunals. Is it so … - Can it be that in the Christian church - the church collected in refined and enlightened Corinth - there is not a single member so wise, intelligent and prudent that his brethren may have confidence in him, and refer their causes to him? Can this be the case in a church that boasts so much of its wisdom, and that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6I say this to your shame: It is a problem for Christians to settle disputes in non-religious courts, as if no one in the church can help resolve them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. your shame--Thus he checks their puffed-up spirit (1Co 5:2; compare 1Co 15:34). To shame you out of your present unworthy course of litigation before the heathen, I have said (1Co 6:4), "Set the least esteemed in the Church to judge." Better even this, than your present course. Is it so?--Are you in such a helpless state that, &c.? not a wise man--though ye admire "wisdom" so much on other occasions (1Co 1:5, 22). Paul alludes probably to the title…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 6:5

• Arbitration
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In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings