I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to decide between one believer and another,
It is the wisdom of the clever to understand where they go, but the folly of fools misleads.
In those days Peter stood up among the believers (together the crowd numbered about one hundred twenty persons) and said,
But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem;
Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair, it is degrading to him,
Come to a sober and right mind, and sin no more; for some people have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise.
We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
I am not writing this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
When any of you has a grievance against another, do you dare to take it to court before the unrighteous, instead of taking it before the saints?
If you have ordinary cases, then, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?
If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.