King James Version

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?

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “is there” (ἔνι) before among here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “no [one]” (οὐδεὶς) before wise here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “is [there]” (ἐστιν) before among here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “nor one” (οὐδὲ) before who here.

πρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.toἐντροπὴνentropēnshameἐντροπή (entropē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “shame”, the object formG1791shame.shameὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.youλέγωlegōto speakλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to speak”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “speak”.οὕτωςhoutōsthusοὕτω(ς)adverb — “thus”G3779thus, so, in this manner.This verse uses “thus”.οὐκouknoοὐ (ou)particle — “no”G3756no, not.ἔνιenithere isἔνιverb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “there is”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1762there is in, is present.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.οὐδεὶςoudeis? no, notοὐδείςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “? no, not”, the subject formG3762no one, none, nothing.? no, notσοφὸςsophoswiseσοφόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “wise”, the subject formG4680wise, learned, cultivated, skilled, clever.ὃςhosthatὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “that”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.thatδυνήσεταιdunēsetaishall be ableδύναμαι (dunamai)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall be able”, an action still aheadG1410(a) I am powerful, have (the) power, (b) I am able, I can.shall be ableδιακρῖναιdiakrinaito judgeδιακρίνω (diakrinō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to judge”, a single actionG1252I separate, distinguish, discern one thing from another; I doubt, hesitate, waver.to judgeἀνὰanabetweenἀνάpreposition — “between”G303prep. Rare in NT; prop: upwards, up; among, between; in turn; apiece, by; as a prefix: up, to, anew, back.betweenμέσονmesonmidstμέσος (mesos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “midst”, the object formG3319middle, in the middle, between, in the midst of.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀδελφοῦadelphoubrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “brethren”, the of-formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.brethrenαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐστινestinthat thereεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “that there”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.οὐδὲoude? no, notοὐδέadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “? no, not”, the subject formG3761neither, nor, not even, and not.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

unto your shame I speak: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who shall be able to discern in the midst of his brethren!

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American Standard Version (1901)

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,

Young’s Literal Translation

unto your shame I speak: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who shall be able to discern in the midst of his brethren!

World English Bible

I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?

Darby Translation

I speak to you [to put you] to shame. Thus there is not a wise person among you, not even one, who shall be able to decide between his brethren!

Douay-Rheims

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?

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World English Bible

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