1 Corinthians 6:5 (ESV)

5 I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers,

Although the Corinthians imagine that they are wise (1 Corinthians 3:18), it seems that there is no one among them who is wise enough even to judge trivial cases (1 Corinthians 6:2). This state of affairs should make them ashamed instead of arrogant (see 1 Corinthians 4:6–7; 1 Corinthians 5:2).