1 Corinthians 6:4

Plain English Version

Sometimes you don’t agree with each other about some little thing, and then you go to other people, and you get them to be your judges.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 5:12

You see, I can’t be the judge of people that are not Christians. God will judge those people, and he will punish those people that do bad things. But if a Christian in your church group does bad things, you have to work out how to punish them. You have to do what God says in his book, “Get rid of bad people from your group.”

1 Corinthians 6:3

You know, one day we Christians will even be judges of God’s angel messengers. So we have to know how to sort out our problems here on the earth.

1 Corinthians 6:5

I talk like this so that you will feel shame. I reckon there has to be somebody there in your church that is wise enough to help you sort out these problems between yourselves.