¹² For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you;

¹¹ And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

⁵ Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.

¹⁴ But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you?

³ For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing;

⁴ In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,

⁵ That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.

¹ How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?

² Is it not certain that the saints will be the judges of the world? if then the world will be judged by you, are you unable to give a decision about the smallest things?

³ Is it not certain that we are to be the judges of angels? how much more then of the things of this life?

⁴ 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?

⁵ I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?

¹² That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

⁷ And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.

³⁶ Jesus said in answer, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom was of this world, my disciples would have made a good fight to keep me out of the hands of the Jews: but my kingdom is not here.