1 Corinthians 6:5 Parallel Translations

You should be ashamed of yourselves! Don't you have at least one wise person who is able to settle disagreements between believers?(GOD'S WORD®)

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?

ASV:

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,

BBE:

I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?

DBY:

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!

ERV:

I say this to move you to shame. Is it so, that there cannot be found among you one wise man, who shall be able to decide between his brethren,

WEY:

I say this to put you to shame. Has it come to this, that there does not exist among you a single wise man competent to decide between a man and his brother,

WBS:

I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that will be able to judge between his brethren?

WEB:

I say this to move you to shame. Isn't there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?

YLT:

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!

1 Corinthians 6:5 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 1:15 At this time Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty persons was there together), and said,

Acts 9:13 But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem;

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

1 Corinthians 6:1 Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints?

1 Corinthians 15:34 Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

6:5 {5} 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?
(5) He applies the general proposition to a particular, always calling them back to this, to take away from them the false opinion of their own excellency from where all these evils sprang.

PNT:

6:5 I speak to your shame. The last sentence was spoken to shame them, not as a serious rule. He now speaks seriously.
Is it so, that there not a wise man among you? A man of prudent judgment, capable of settling differences among them.

WES:

6:5 Is there not one among you, who are such admirers of wisdom, that is wise enough to decide such causes?

MHC:

6:1-8 Christians should not contend with one another, for they are brethren. This, if duly attended to, would prevent many law-suits, and end many quarrels and disputes. In matters of great damage to ourselves or families, we may use lawful means to right ourselves, but Christians should be of a forgiving temper. Refer the matters in dispute, rather than go to law about them. They are trifles, and may easily be settled, if you first conquer your own spirits. Bear and forbear, and the men of least skill among you may end your quarrels. It is a shame that little quarrels should grow to such a head among Christians, that they cannot be determined by the brethren. The peace of a man's own mind, and the calm of his neighbourhood, are worth more than victory. Lawsuits could not take place among brethren, unless there were faults among them.

CONC:

Able Believers Brethren Brother Brotherhood Brothers Competent Decide Decision Discern Dispute Exist Isn't Judge Members Midst Move Nobody Possible Shame Single Speak Thus Wise

Able Brotherhood Competent Decide Decision Discern Dispute Enough Exist Judge Members Midst Move Nobody Possible Shame Single Speak Wise

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