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1 Corinthians 5:12

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For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

For {G1063} what {G5101} have I {G3427} to do to judge {G2919} them also {G2532} that are without {G1854}? do {G2919} not {G3780} ye {G5210} judge {G2919} them that are within {G2080}?

For what business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Isn’t it those who are part of the community that you should be judging?

What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?

For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within?

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Cross-References

  • Mark 4:11 (5 votes)

    And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all [these] things are done in parables:

  • Luke 12:14 (4 votes)

    And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

  • 1 Timothy 3:7 (4 votes)

    Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:3 (3 votes)

    For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, [concerning] him that hath so done this deed,

  • 1 Corinthians 5:5 (3 votes)

    To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:12 (2 votes)

    That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?