Catholic Public Domain Version
"Therefore, if you have matters to judge concerning this age, why not appoint those who are most contemptible in the Church to judge these things! "
— 1 Corinthians 6:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.”
“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? ”
“If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?”
“So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?”
“If therefore you have judgments of things pertaining to this world, set them to judge who are the most despised in the church.”
“If then there are questions to be judged in connection with the things of this life, why do you put them in the hands of those who have no position in the church?”
“If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.”
How is it that anyone of you, having a dispute against another, would dare to be judged before the iniquitous, and not before the saints?
Or do you not know that the saints from this age shall judge it? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you unworthy, then, to judge even the smallest matters?
Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more the things of this age?
Therefore, if you have matters to judge concerning this age, why not appoint those who are most contemptible in the Church to judge these things!
But I am speaking so as to shame you. Is there no one among you wise enough, so that he might be able to judge between his brothers?
Instead, brother contends against brother in court, and this before the unfaithful!
Now there is certainly an offense among you, beyond everything else, when you have court cases against one another. Should you not accept injury instead? Should you not endure being cheated instead?