1 Corinthians 6:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?

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  • 1 Cor 4:14 : 14 I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.
  • 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.
  • Jas 3:13-18 : 13 Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true. 15 This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One. 16 For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing. 17 But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.
  • 1 Cor 11:14 : 14 Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him?
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.
  • Acts 1:15 : 15 And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

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    6 But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.

    7 More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?

    8 So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

  • 1 Cor 6:1-4
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    1 How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?

    2 Is it not certain that the saints will be the judges of the world? if then the world will be judged by you, are you unable to give a decision about the smallest things?

    3 Is it not certain that we are to be the judges of angels? how much more then of the things of this life?

    4 If then there are questions to be judged in connection with the things of this life, why do you put them in the hands of those who have no position in the church?

  • 1 Cor 10:15
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    15 What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.

  • Jas 4:11-12
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    11 Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

    12 There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; but who are you to be your neighbour's judge?

  • Luke 12:57
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    57 And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?

  • Jas 2:4
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    4 Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?

  • 1 Cor 5:12-13
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    12 For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you;

    13 As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.

  • Deut 25:1
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    1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

  • 1 Cor 4:3-6
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    3 But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.

    4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

    5 For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

    6 My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

  • Deut 1:16
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    16 And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

  • Jas 3:13
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    13 Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

  • Job 17:10
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    10 But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.

  • 1 Cor 5:1-3
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    1 It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.

    2 And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.

    3 For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing;

  • Jas 2:6
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    6 But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

  • 2 Chr 19:6
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    6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

  • Jas 5:9
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    9 Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

  • 1 Cor 15:34
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    34 Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

  • Rom 2:1
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    1 So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.

  • Rom 14:13
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    13 Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

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    10 Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.

  • 1 Cor 1:20
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    20 Where is the wise? where is he who has knowledge of the law? where is the man of this world who has a love of discussion? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

  • Prov 25:8
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    8 Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

  • 1 Cor 11:31
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    31 But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.

  • 2 Thess 3:14
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    14 And if any man does not give attention to what we have said in this letter, take note of that man, and keep away from him, so that he may be shamed.

  • 1 Cor 3:18
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    18 Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

  • 1 Cor 11:17
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    17 But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.

  • Rom 14:10
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    10 But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.

  • Gal 5:10
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    10 I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.

  • 1 Cor 11:22
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    22 What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.

  • Acts 18:15
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    15 But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things.

  • John 8:15
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    15 You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.

  • 1 Thess 4:6
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    6 And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

  • 1 Cor 2:15
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    15 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.

  • Jer 7:5
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    5 For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;

  • Gal 6:1
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    1 Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

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    6 This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?

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    1 Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:

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    6 Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!