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1 Corinthians 6:5

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?

KJV

πρὸς ἐντροπὴν ὑμῖν λέγω. οὕτως οὐκ ἔνι ἐν ὑμῖν οὐδεὶς σοφὸς ὃς δυνήσεται διακρῖναι ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ;

Greek NT

Ad verecundiam vestram dico. Sic non est inter vos sapiens quisquam, qui possit judicare inter fratrem suum ?

Vulgate

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,

ASV

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?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διακρίνω
diakrino
verb · 19×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μέσος
mesos
adjective · 61×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σοφός
sophos
adjective · 20×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀνά
ana
preposition · 13×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐντροπή
entrope
noun · 2×
ἔνι
eni
verb · 6×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: οὐδεὶς σοφὸς | WH/Treg/NIV: οὐδεὶς σοφὸς | RP: σοφὸς οὐδὲ εἷς
  • οὐδεὶς σοφὸςSBLGNT
  • οὐδεὶς σοφὸςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • σοφὸς οὐδὲ εἷςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: ἀδελφοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV/RP: ἀδελφοῦ
  • ἀδελφοῦSBLGNT
  • ἀδελφοῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:14 — I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
  • 1Cor 15:34 — Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
  • 1Cor 15:34 — Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
  • Jas 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
  • Jas 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
  • Mark 8:21 — And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
  • Ps 14:3 — They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
  • Rom 12:16 — Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.