King James Version

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.

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βιωτικὰbiōtikaof things pertaining to this lifeβιωτικός (biōtikos)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “of things pertaining to this life”, the object formG982belonging to ordinary life, worldly.of things pertaining to this lifeμὲνmenon one handμένparticle — “on one hand”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.οὖνounthereforeοὖνconjunction — “therefore”G3767therefore, then.This verse uses “therefore”.κριτήριαkritēriacourtκριτήριον (kritērion)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “court”, the object formG2922criterion; a law-court; a law-case before an arbiter; a cause, controversy.ἐὰνeanifἐάνconjunction — “if”G1437if.ἔχητεechēteto haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active subjunctive, 2nd person plural — “to have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.τοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐξουθενημένουςexouthenēmenousto judge who are least esteemedἐξουθενέω (exoutheneō)verb, perfect passive participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “to judge who are least esteemed”, a completed action with a present resultG1848I set at naught, ignore, despise.to judge who are least esteemedἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίᾳekklēsiachurchἐκκλησίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “church”, the to- or for-formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.This verse uses “church”.the churchτούτουςtoutousthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “this”, the object formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.καθίζετεkathizeteto seatκαθίζω (kathizō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “to seat”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2523(a) trans: I make to sit; I set, appoint, (b) intrans: I sit down, am seated, stay.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly — these cause ye to sit;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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?

Young’s Literal Translation

of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly — these cause ye to sit;

World English Bible

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?

Darby Translation

If then ye have judgments as to things of this life, set those [to judge] who are little esteemed in the assembly.

Douay-Rheims

If therefore you have judgments of things pertaining to this world, set them to judge, who are the most despised in the church.

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