¹² for what have I also those without to judge? those within do ye not judge?

¹¹ and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

⁵ in wisdom walk ye toward those without, the time forestalling;

¹⁴ And he said to him, `Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'

³ for I indeed, as being absent as to the body, and present as to the spirit, have already judged, as being present, him who so wrought this thing:

⁴ in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ -- ye being gathered together, also my spirit -- with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

⁵ to deliver up such a one to the Adversary for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

¹ Dare any one of you, having a matter with the other, go to be judged before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

² have ye not known that the saints shall judge the world? and if by you the world is judged, are ye unworthy of the smaller judgments?

³ have ye not known that we shall judge messengers? why not then the things of life?

⁴ of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly -- these cause ye to sit;

⁵ 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!

¹² that ye may walk becomingly unto those without, and may have lack of nothing.

⁷ and it behoveth him also to have a good testimony from those without, that he may not fall into reproach and a snare of the devil.

³⁶ Jesus answered, `My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.'