1st Corinthians Chapter 6 verse 4 Holy Bible
If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no account in the church?
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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?
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If then ye have judgments as to things of this life, set those [to judge] who are little esteemed in the assembly.
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If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
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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?
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of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly -- these cause ye to sit;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - If then ye have, etc. The verse implies that civil disputes might naturally occur among them. What he is here reprobating is their objectionable method of settling them. Set them to judge who are least esteemed in the Church. This implies an utter scorn of trivial quarrels about personal rights. Surely the lowliest, the most unregarded members of the Church - those of no account - have wisdom enough to decide in such small matters. Thus when there arose a murmuring between Hebrews and Hellenists about the daily distribution to widows, the apostles, thinking that they had much more important work in hand than the adjustment of such jealousies, left the whole matter in the hands of the seven deacons. Some understand "those held of no account in the Church" to mean heathens; but he is here forbidding them to bring their quarrels before the heathens. Of course, ideally, none ought to be "despised" or "held of no account" in the Church; but St. Paul is here speaking relatively, and with reference to the views of the Corinthians themselves, and not without irony. The perfect participle, "those who have been set at nought," perhaps means persons of proved inferiority of judgment.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) If then ye have judgments. . . .--Better, If, however, you choose to have judgments to be given on matters of this life. The last words show that the questions which are alluded to are purely worldly and not spiritual matters. The Apostle subsequently urges that such disputes ought not to arise at all amongst Christians, and that if they do they ought to be settled by the interposition of some mutual friend. Here he says, with something of sarcasm, "The very meanest of those who are to be exalted above angels, and to be judges of spiritual existences, is of sufficient authority to settle such matters as you are bringing before legal tribunals."
