Christians Shall Judge Angels 1 Corinthians 6:3

While sharing concerning “lawsuits” within the church of Corinth, Paul wrote to the church members, “Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?” In chapter six and verse three of First Corinthians, Paul asked the church members in Corinth if they knew, “we shall judge angels” where we read:

Know you not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

The verse begins, “Know you not that we shall judge angels?” Paul began with the words, “Know you not” which means “do the church members in Corinth perceive, notice, discern, discover, pay attention to, observe, inspect, examine or ascertain” “that we shall judge” or “that Paul and the church members will separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose, approve, esteem, prefer, be of opinion about, deem, determine, resolve and decree concerning” “angels” which means “messengers and envoys who are sent from God”? Paul asked whether the people in the church knew that he and they would have the responsibility of “evaluating and decreeing concerning” “angels” from God in the future.

The verse goes on to say, “how much more things that pertain to this life?” Paul added the words, “how much more” which means “to say nothing of, not to mention, much less or more rather”“things that pertain to this life” which is all one Greek word “biōtikos” and refers to “the present existence and the affairs of this life”. Since Paul and the church members were going to “judge angels” some day, he asked to what greater degree should they be able to “judge” the affairs within this temporary existence?

When we think through these words from Paul, we learn that the “saints” of God shall one day have “rule over” and “judge angels” who are eternal, and we are challenged to know that we should easily be able to manage “affairs” that occur in this temporary life. Jesus Christ came to give us “eternal life”, and when we receive His gift we are promised that we shall “judge angels” some day. This promise should allow us to know that since we have a responsibility of that magnitude, we should have no problem dealing with small “matters” that arrive with and against one another. Jesus desires for His “bride”, His church”, with His power and wisdom, to be able to govern over themselves. This was true for the Corinthian church, and it should be so for our churches today. May the will of the Lord be done, and all glory be given unto Him.

Next time Paul directs the church members who have “lawsuits” to, “set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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