1 When any of you have a dispute against another, do yoʋ dare to go to court before the unrighteous and not before the saints? 2 *Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? 3 Do you not know that we will judge angels, not to mention matters of this life? 4 If then you have disputes about such matters, do you seat as judges those who have no standing in the church? 5 I say this to your shame. Is there *not a wise man among you, not even one, who would be able to decide between a man and his brother,