1st Corinthians Chapter 5 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV 1stCorinthians 5:12

For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within?
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BBE 1stCorinthians 5:12

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;
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DARBY 1stCorinthians 5:12

For what have *I* [to do] with judging those outside also? *ye*, do not ye judge them that are within?
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KJV 1stCorinthians 5:12

For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
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WBT 1stCorinthians 5:12


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WEB 1stCorinthians 5:12

For what have I to do with also judging those who are outside? Don't you judge those who are within?
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YLT 1stCorinthians 5:12

for what have I also those without to judge? those within do ye not judge?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? To pass sentence on heathens is no concern of mine; it is no part of my office. The phrase "them that are without" was originally a Jewish phrase. To the Jews all men were outsiders (chitsonin) except themselves. The phrase was adopted by Christians, but in a less contemptuous sense (1 Thessalonians 4:12; Colossians 4:5). We find a description of "those that were without" - "aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenant of promise" - in Ephesians 2:12. Do not ye judge them that are within! An appeal to their own practice and to common sense. Christian rules can, of course, only apply to Christian communities.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) For what have I to do . . .?--The Apostle in this verse at once explains the grounds of the limitation of his remarks to Christians, and seems to hint also, by the form of expression here, that the Corinthian Church ought to have been able to have understood his remarks as only applicable to themselves and not to the heathen.Them also that are without.--The heathen. It was a common form of expression amongst the Jews to designate the Gentile world (Mark 4:11).Do not ye judge them that are within?--As the Christian Church could sit in judgment only on its own members, so they should have concluded that only on them had St. Paul passed judgment.