1 Corinthians 6:3
1 If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!
2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
4 So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in the church?
5 I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
- KJV
- Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
- WEB
- Don’t you know that we will judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?
- ASV
- Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things that pertain to this life?
- DARBY
- Do ye not know that we shall judge angels? and not then matters of this life?
- BLB
- Do you⁺ not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of life?
- ÅB
- Vet dere ikke at vi skal dømme engler? hvor meget mere da i timelige ting!
- OTB
- Er dere ikke klar over at vi skal ha myndighet over engler? Hvor mye mer burde vi kunne håndtere saker i dette livet?
- B1930
- Vet I ikke at vi skal dømme engler? hvor meget mere da i timelige ting!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jude 1:6
And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
Read in contextMatthew 25:41
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:4
So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in the church?
Read in contextLuke 8:14
The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:4
A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
Read in contextLuke 21:34
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
Read in context2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
Read in context2 Timothy 4:10
because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
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