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Lawsuits among Believers

1 Corinthians 6:3

In 9 translations

BSB
Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
KJV
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
WEB
Don’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
ASV
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things that pertain to this life?
LSV
Have you not known that we will judge messengers? Why not then the things of life?
YLT
have ye not known that we shall judge messengers? why not then the things of life?
DBY
Do ye not know that we shall judge angels? and not then matters of this life?
DRC
Know you not that we shall judge angels? how much more things of this world?
GNV
Knowe ye not that we shall iudge the Angels? howe much more, things that perteine to this life?

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Where the editions differ

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text place μήτι elsewhere in this verse.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἀγγέλους κρινοῦμεν, μήτιγε βιωτικά;
RP2018
Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἀγγέλους κρινοῦμεν; Μήτι γε βιωτικά;
TR-Boyd
Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἀγγέλους κρινοῦμεν; Μήτι γε βιωτικά;
SCR1894
ουκ οιδατε οτι αγγελους κρινουμεν μητι γε βιωτικα

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Jude 1:6And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
  • Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  • 1 Corinthians 6:4So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in the church?
  • Luke 8:14The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
  • 2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
  • Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
  • 2 Timothy 4:10because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
  • 2 Timothy 2:4A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
  • Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

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