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1 Corinthians 6:5

Weymouth NT

I say this to put you to shame. Has it come to this, that there does not exist among you a single wise man competent to decide between a man and his brother,

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It was on one of these days that Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren –the entire number of persons present being about 120– and said,

»Lord,« answered Ananias, »I have heard about that man from many, and I have heard of the great mischief he has done to Thy people in Jerusalem;

Does not Nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair it is a dishonor to him,

Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to shame.

Let no one deceive himself. If any man imagines that he is wise, compared with the rest of you, with the wisdom of the present age, let him become »foolish« so that he may be wise.

We, for Christ's sake, are labeled as »foolish«; you, as Christians, are men of shrewd intelligence. We are mere weaklings: you are strong. You are in high repute: we are outcasts.

I am not writing all this to shame you, but I am offering you advice as my dearly-loved children.

If one of you has a grievance against an opponent, does he dare to go to law before irreligious men and not before God's people?

If therefore you have things belonging to this life which need to be decided, is it men who are absolutely nothing in the Church–is it they whom you make your judges?

And if any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God for it, who gives with open hand to all men, and without upbraiding; and it will be given him.




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