Lawsuits among Believers

1 Corinthians 6:5

In 9 translations

BSB: I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
KJV: I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
WEB: I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?
ASV: I say this to move you to shame. What, cannot there be found among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren,
LSV: I speak to your shame: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who will be able to discern in the midst of his brothers!
YLT: unto your shame I speak: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who shall be able to discern in the midst of his brethren!
DBY: I speak to you [to put you] to shame. Thus there is not a wise person among you, not even one, who shall be able to decide between his brethren!
DRC: I speak to your shame. Is it so that there is not among you any one wise man, that is able to judge between his brethren?
GNV: I speake it to your shame. Is it so that there is not a wise man among you? no not one, that can iudge betweene his brethren?

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read ἔνι (“is there”); Textus Receptus read ἐστιν (“is [there]”).
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read οὐδεὶς (“no [one]”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read οὐδὲ εἷς (“nor one”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place σοφός elsewhere in this verse.

SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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SBLGNT: οὐδεὶς σοφὸς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐδεὶς σοφὸς; Robinson–Pierpont read σοφὸς οὐδὲ εἷς.
SBLGNT: ἀδελφοῦ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἀδελφοῦ; Michael W. Holmes (SBLGNT editor) add καὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ (editorial conjecture).

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: πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν λέγω. οὕτως οὐκ ἔνι ἐν ὑμῖν οὐδεὶς σοφὸς ὃς δυνήσεται διακρῖναι ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ,
RP2018: Πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν λέγω. Οὕτως οὐκ ἔνι ἐν ὑμῖν σοφὸς οὐδὲ εἷς, ὃς δυνήσεται διακρῖναι ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ,
TR-Boyd: Πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν λέγω. Οὕτως οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ὑμῖν σοφὸς οὐδὲ εἷς, ὃς δυνήσεται διακρῖναι ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ,
SCR1894: προς εντροπην υμιν λεγω ουτως ουκ εστιν εν υμιν σοφος ουδε εις ος δυνησεται διακριναι ανα μεσον του αδελφου αυτου

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

1 Corinthians 15:34Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
1 Corinthians 4:14I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
James 3:13–18Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in…
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
1 Corinthians 3:18Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
1 Corinthians 11:14Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
Acts 1:15In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty) and said,

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