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So indeed, if you have cases pertaining-to-this-life, are you seating[a] these [as judges]— the ones having been of-no-account[b] in the church? I say this to your shame. So is there not among you anyone wise who will be able to discern[c] between his brother and this brother?— but brother is going-to-court against brother, and this before unbelievers?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:4 Or, seat these... church! (speaking sarcastically).
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:4 Or, disdained, despised.
  3. 1 Corinthians 6:5 Or, decide, judge.

Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church? I say this to shame you.(A) Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?(B) But instead, one brother(C) takes another to court—and this in front of unbelievers!(D)

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