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1 Corinthians 6:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" If then you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly? "
1 Corinthians 6:4
Verse in Context
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2 Don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Don’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
4 If then you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?
5 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?
6 But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers!
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1 Corinthians 6:1
"Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?"
1 Corinthians 6:2
"Don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?"
1 Corinthians 6:3
"Don’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?"
1 Corinthians 6:5
"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?"
1 Corinthians 6:6
"But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers!"
1 Corinthians 6:7
"Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?"
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