1 Corinthians 6:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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? ”

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I speak to your shame - I declare that which is a reproach to you, that your matters of dispute are carried before pagan tribunals. Is it so ... - Can it be that in the Christian church - the...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) 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? (5) He applies the general proposition to a particular, alw...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Scandal of Christians Suing each other before Heathen Tribunals. Paul has prepared for his next rebuke by his reference to the function of the church to judge its own members. But alas, Christi...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

to . App-104. shame . Greek. entrope. Only here and 1 Corinthians 15:34 . Compare the verb in 1 Corinthians 4:14 . Is it so . Greek. houtos. Emph. standing fist in the sentence. It may be...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. I speak to your shame The meaning is — “If other considerations do not influence you, let it at least be considered by you, how disgraceful it is to you that there is not so much as one...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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? Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? - Have you non...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A wise man— If St. Paul uses this word in the sense of the synagogue, it signifies a rabbi, or one ordained, and so capacitated to be a judge; for such were called wise men. If in the sense o...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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? Your shame. He checks their puffed-up spirit ( 1 Corinth...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'How is it that when you quarrel with one another you go before heathen judges and do not let some of the brethren decide your matter? (2) You spoke of the saints judging the world, why...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I speak to your shame. — Better, I say this to cause you to feel ashamed. From the latent irony of the previous words, the Apostle turns to ask solemnly whether it be a fact that in the whole Chr...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 9 ON GOING TO LAW ST. PAUL here gives his judgment on the litigiousness of the Corinthians. The Greeks, in general, were fond of going to law. They were not only quarrelsome, but they see...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Settling Differences between Brethren 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 The Apostle was clearly of the opinion that it was wiser for a Christian to bear injustice and wrong than to go to law before a heathe...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The apostle now passed to another dereliction. Disputes in the church were being submitted to heathen tribunals. What these matters were we are not told. The teaching of the apostle is clear, and has...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? (2) Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judge...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I speak to your shame ,.... Not that they did set such persons to judge, but that they did not; and instead of so doing went to law with their brethren before the unjust: is it so that there is no...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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? Ver. 5. No, not one that shall be able ] Our late judge Dier...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The apostle, having mentioned one very great irregularity among the professors of Christianity at Corinth, proceeds now to animadvert upon another, namely, their entering into suits of law with each...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In this chapter there is another matter raised in which the Corinthians had not been using proper judgment. No individual is singled out here, but the strong reproof of the apostle is for any who had...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Causes of Litigation Censured. A. D. 57. 1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, g...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 5,6. I do not speak this, as if I would have you make choice of the meanest persons among you to arbitrate and determine all matters that may be in difference between you; but it would be a sham...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Christians Are Not To Go To Court Against Their Fellow-Christians (6:1-9a). The idea that the church judges internal matters like sin leads on to the idea that the church can also act as judge in...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Two SECTIONS; Two TOPICS.— 1 Corinthians 6:1-20 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 .—Canon Evans ( Speaker’s Commentary ) thus exhibits the verbal connection: “Deigneth any one of you ( you e...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1. Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? In those days, the courts of law were utterly unjust. It was all a matter of who coul...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 6:1 . Dare any of you go to law before the unjust? He whose cause is just appeals to equity, but he who does his neighbour wrong is vexatious. In England, our judges, after the cause...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust? On going to law The Greeks were not only quarrelsome, but derived an excitement pleasant to their frivolous nature...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 6:1-46 Litigation before heathen courts forbidden. 1 Corinthians 6:1 Dare any of you? rather, Dare any one of you? It is in St. Paul's view an audacio...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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?
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:14 ; 1 Corinthians 15:34 ; 1 Corinthians 3:18 ; 1 Corinthians 4:10 ; 1 Corinthians 4:14 ; James 1:5 ; James 3:13-18 ; Proverbs 14:8
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Indwelling Holy Spirit 1 Corinthians 6:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The studies in the Epistle to the Corinthians are not written to be shelved, but to be carefully studied, and followed, lest...
1 Corinthians 6:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Is there not one among you, who are such admirers of wisdom, that is wise enough to decide such causes?

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 6:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 6:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 6:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 6:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 6:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 6:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 6:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes