NET Bible
"So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?"
— 1 Corinthians 6:4, NET Bible
“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?”
“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.”
Lawsuits When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?
Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to settle trivial suits?
Do you not know that we will judge angels? Why not ordinary matters!
So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?
I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians?
Instead, does a Christian sue a Christian, and do this before unbelievers?
The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?