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Selected Verse: 1 Corinthians 6:4 - King James

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1Co 6:4 King James If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
judgments--that is, cases for judgment.

least esteemed--literally, "those of no esteem." Any, however low in the Church, rather than the heathen (Co1 1:28). Questions of earthly property are of secondary consequence in the eyes of true Christians, and are therefore delegated to those in a secondary position in the Church.
 
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28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
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?
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?