Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, do you ask for a ruling from those whose way of life is scorned in the church?
NMVIf then you2f have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
OJBIf, then, you have cases concerning matters of the Olam Hazeh, how could you appoint as your Bet Din dayanim men who have no standing in the kehillah?
TCENTIf then you have disputes about such matters, do you seat as judges those who have no standing in the church?
T4TTherefore, when you believers have a dispute, you should certainly not choose as judges to decide your case people whom the congregation cannot respect because those judges are not believers! [RHQ]