I say this to put you to shame! Isn’t there even one wise man among you who will be able to settle disputes between his brethren?
The wisdom of the prudent is to consider his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
In those days, Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (the number of names all together was about a hundred and twenty) and said,
But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man—how much harm he has done to your kedoshim in Jerusalem.
Doesn’t the natural order of things teach you—if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him;
Come to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God—I say this to your shame.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool so he may become wise.
We are fools for Messiah’s sake, but you are wise in Messiah! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!
I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to warn you as my dearly loved children.
Does any one of you, when he has a matter against his neighbor, dare to go to court before the unrighteous and not before the kedoshim?
So if you have courts for matters of this life, why do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the community?
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all without hesitation and without reproach; and it will be given to him.