1 Corinthians 6:5
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I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is not among you any one wise man that is able to judge between his brethren?

Acts 1:15
In those days Peter rising up in the midst of the brethren, said (now the number of persons together was about an hundred and twenty):

Acts 9:13
But Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints in Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 4:14
I write not these things to confound you: but I admonish you as my dearest children.

1 Corinthians 6:1
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to be judged before the unjust: and not before the saints?

1 Corinthians 6:4
If therefore you have judgments of things pertaining to this world, set them to judge who are the most despised in the church.

1 Corinthians 15:34
Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God. I speak it to your shame.

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I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is not among you any one wise man that is able to judge between his brethren?

to your.

1 Corinthians 4:14 I write not these things to confound you: but I admonish you as my dearest children.

1 Corinthians 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you that a man indeed, if he nourish his hair, it is a shame unto him?

1 Corinthians 15:34 Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God. I speak it to your shame.

Is it.

1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seem to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

1 Corinthians 4:10 We are fools for Christs sake, but you are wise in Christ: we are weak, but you are strong: you are honourable, but we without honour.

Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of a discreet man is to understand his way: and the imprudence of fools erreth.

James 1:5 But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him.

James 3:13-18 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge, among you? Let him shew, by a good contestation, his work in the meekness of wisdom. . . .

Context
Lawsuits among Believers
4If therefore you have judgments of things pertaining to this world, set them to judge who are the most despised in the church. 5I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is not among you any one wise man that is able to judge between his brethren? 6But brother goeth to law with brother: and that before unbelievers.…
Lexicon
I say this
λέγω (legō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

to your
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

shame.
ἐντροπὴν (entropēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1791: Shame. From entrepo; confusion.

Is there
ἔνι (eni)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1762: Contraction for the third person singular present indicative of eneimi; impersonally, there is in or among.

really
οὕτως (houtōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).

no
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

one
οὐδεὶς (oudeis)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3762: No one, none, nothing.

among
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

you
ὑμῖν (hymin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

wise [enough]
σοφὸς (sophos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4680: Wise, learned, cultivated, skilled, clever. Akin to saphes; wise.

to arbitrate
διακρῖναι (diakrinai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 1252: From dia and krino; to separate thoroughly, i.e. to withdraw from, or oppose; figuratively, to discriminate, or hesitate.

between
μέσον (meson)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3319: Middle, in the middle, between, in the midst of. From meta; middle (neuter) noun).

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

brothers?
ἀδελφοῦ (adelphou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 80: A brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. A brother near or remote.


Additional Translations
I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?

I say this to you for shame. Thus is there not one wise man among you who will be able to decide in between his brother?

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 brothers?

I say this to move you to shame. What, cannot there be found among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren,

I speak to you [to put you] to shame. Thus there is not a wise person among you, not even one, who shall be able to decide between his brethren!

I say this to move you to shame. Is it so, that there cannot be found among you one wise man, who shall be able to decide between his brethren,

I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that will be able to judge between his brethren?

I say this to put you to shame. Has it come to this, that there does not exist among you a single wise man competent to decide between a man and his brother,

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?

unto your shame I speak: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who shall be able to discern in the midst of his brethren!
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