Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
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,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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?
Holman Bible
I say this to your shame!
International Standard Version
I say this to make you feel ashamed. Has it come to this, that there is not one person among you who is wise enough to settle disagreements between brothers?
A Conservative Version
I speak shame about you. So there is not among you not even one wise man who will be able to arbitrate between his brother?
American Standard Version
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,
Amplified
I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is not one wise man among you who [is governed by integrity and] will be able and competent to decide [private disputes] between his fellow believers,
An Understandable Version
I am saying this to make you ashamed. Can there not be found one wise person [there] among you who is able to decide [on a matter] between his [Christian] brothers?
Anderson New Testament
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you a wise man, not even one, who shall be able to arbitrate between his brethren?
Bible in Basic English
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?
Common New Testament
I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no man among you wise enough to decide between his brethren,
Daniel Mace New Testament
what, is there not a man of experience amongst you, capable of being arbitrator between his brethren?
Darby Translation
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!
Godbey New Testament
I speak this to your shame. Is there not one wise man among you who shall be able to judge between his brother?
Goodspeed New Testament
I ask it to shame you. Has it come to this, that there is not a single wise man among you who could settle a disagreement between one brother and another,
John Wesley New Testament
I speak to your shame. What, is there not so much as one wise man among you, that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
Julia Smith Translation
For confusion I speak to you. So is there not one wise with you, who will be able to judge between his brother?
King James 2000
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?
Lexham Expanded Bible
I say [this] to your shame. So is there not anyone wise among you who will be able to render a decision between his brothers?
Modern King James verseion
For I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is not a wise one among you, not even one in your midst who shall be able to judge between his brother?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This I say to your shame. Is there utterly no wise man among you? What, not one at all? That can judge between brother and brother?
Moffatt New Testament
I say this to put you to shame. Has it come to this, that there is not a single wise man among you who could decide a dispute between members of the brotherhood,
Montgomery New Testament
I say this to shame you. Is it so that there is not among you a single wise man, capable of deciding between a man and his brother?
NET Bible
I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?
New Heart English Bible
I say this to move you to shame. Is not there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?
Noyes New Testament
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not one that will be able to judge between his brethren?
Sawyer New Testament
I speak to your shame. Is there not now a wise man among you? not one who can judge between his brothers?
The Emphasized Bible
With a view to shame you, am I speaking. So, is it possible that there is among you - not so much as one wise man, who shall be able to judge between his brethren, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
I speak to you to shame you. Is it so, that there is not among you a wise man? Not so much as one who is able to judge between one brother and another?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Can it be that there is not one man among you wise enough to decide between two of his Brothers?
Webster
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?
Williams New Testament
I ask this to make you blush with shame. Has it come to this, that there is not a single wise man among you who could settle a grievance of one brother against another,
World English Bible
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?
Worrell New Testament
I speak to your shame! Is it so, that there is not among you even one wise man, who will be able to judge between his brethren?
Worsley New Testament
I speak it to your shame. What! is there not one wise man among you, that is able to judge between his bretheren?
Youngs Literal Translation
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!
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 6:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lawsuits Between Believers
4 If therefore you have things belonging to this life which need to be decided, is it men who are absolutely nothing in the Church--is it *they* whom you make your judges? 5 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, 6 but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:14
I am not writing all this to shame you, but I am offering you advice as my dearly-loved children.
1 Corinthians 15:34
Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to shame.
Acts 1:15
It was on one of these days that Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren--the entire number of persons present being about 120--and said,
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If any man imagines that he is wise, compared with the rest of you, with the wisdom of the present age, let him become "foolish" so that he may be wise.
1 Corinthians 4:10
We, for Christ's sake, are labeled as "foolish"; you, as Christians, are men of shrewd intelligence. We are mere weaklings: you are strong. You are in high repute: we are outcasts.
1 Corinthians 11:14
Does not Nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a dishonor to him,
James 1:5
And if any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God for it, who gives with open hand to all men, and without upbraiding; and it will be given him.
James 3:13-18
Which of you is a wise and well-instructed man? Let him prove it by a right life with conduct guided by a wisely teachable spirit.