So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, [a]do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church? (A)I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you anyone wise who will be able to decide between his (B)brothers and sisters, but brother goes to law with brother, and that before (C)unbelievers?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:4 Or appoint them...church!

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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