1 Corinthians 6:4
If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
KJV
βιωτικὰ μὲν οὖν κριτήρια ἐὰν ἔχητε, τοὺς ἐξουθενημένους ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τούτους καθίζετε;
Greek NT
Sæcularia igitur judicia si habueritis : contemptibiles, qui sunt in ecclesia, illos constituite ad judicandum.
Vulgate
If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no account in the church?
ASV
If therefore you have judgments of things pertaining to this world, set them to judge who are the most despised in the church.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βιωτικός
biotikos
adjective · 3×
καθίζω
kathizo
verb · 47×
κριτήριον
kriterion
noun · 3×
μέν
men
particle · 177×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐκκλησία
ekklesia
noun · 114×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐξουθενέω
exoutheneo
verb · 12×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 5:12 — For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
- 1Cor 6:2 — Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
- 1Cor 6:3 — Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
- Gen 31:37 — Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
- Matt 11:11 — Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.