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Selected Verse: 1 Corinthians 6:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Co 6:5 |
King James |
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? |
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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] |
your shame--Thus he checks their puffed-up spirit (Co1 5:2; compare Co1 15:34). To shame you out of your present unworthy course of litigation before the heathen, I have said (Co1 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 (Co1 1:5, Co1 1:22). Paul alludes probably to the title, "cachain," or wise man, applied to each Rabbi in Jewish councils.
no, not one--not even one, amidst so many reputed among you for wisdom (Co1 3:18; Co1 4:6).
shall be able--when applied to.
brethren--literally, "brother"; that is, judge between brother and brother. As each case should arise, the arbitrator was to be chosen from the body of the church, such a wise person as had the charism, or gift, of church government. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I 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 prides itself so much in the number and qualifications of its intelligent members? |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
To your shame (πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν)
Lit., I speak to you with a view to shame; i.e., to move you to shame, as Rev. See on Co1 4:14.
To judge (διακρῖναι)
Rev., better, decide; by arbitration. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Is there not one among you, who are such admirers of wisdom, that is wise enough to decide such causes? |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Is 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? |
6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
18 Let 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.
22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.