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1 Corinthians 6:5

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Can it be that there is not one man among you wise enough to decide between two of his Brothers?

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About this time, at a meeting of the Brethren, when there were about a hundred and twenty present, Peter rose to speak.

"Lord," exclaimed Ananias, "I have heard from many people about this man--how much harm he has done at Jerusalem to your People there.

Does not nature herself teach us that, while for a man to wear his hair long is degrading to him,

Awake to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you.

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, he is a wise man, let him become a 'fool,' that he may become wise.

We, for Christ's sake, are 'fools,' but you, by your union with Christ, are men of discernment. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are despised.

It is with no wish to shame you that I am writing like this; but to warn you as my own dear children.

Can it be that, when one of you has a dispute with another, he dares to have his case tried before the heathen, instead of before Christ's People?

Why, then, if you have cases relating to the affairs of this life, do you set to try them men who carry no weight with the Church? To your shame I ask it.

If one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask wisdom from the God who gives freely to every one without reproaches, and it will be given to him.




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