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Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! 1 Corinthians 6:3

Paul elevates his psychotic sarcastic rant and now thrusts us into position to judge angels - Angels. Beings that the bible rarely touches on in terms of morality and status. Paul takes aim at the judgmental intellect that the Corinthians seemed to possess (such that they would judge angels), and runs with it - why not settle the disputes you have within yourselves, instead of bringing it to the courts?

I suppose that it isn’t so much the inclusion of secular judiciaries, but the fact that they can escalate an argument by means of an unrelenting intellect of who is smarter - a sentiment I have echoed in the past. Among our Christian brothers (and I would think among non-Christians), the point is not to see who can argue better, but who is right -and if you were so versed in the bible as we are told you are, wouldn’t you be able to come up with an amicable solution?

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 1 Corinthians 6:2

Paul moves on to point a finger at the Corinthians, and without looking at the entire context it would suddenly thrust a lot of responsibility upon us -what is this? Is not Jesus the judge of the world? The saints? Judge the world?

Any Christian worth his or her salt would know that not only will Jesus judge the world, he will judge every last one of us. The only valid reasoning then for Paul’s rant is this - Paul’s sarcasm was getting the better of him.

Sit tight for the next few verses (hopefully I shall get to them in a timely manner), but I shall pull out another observation.

If my readings and observations are right, Paul’s sarcasm is reaching to the Corinthians in their pompous intellectualism and would sound rather much like this - Oh High and Mighty Corinthians, are you so blissfully unaware of the troubles in your own domain that you who would deem yourself worthy of judging the world cannot solve matters in your own home church?

peekcel:

on days like this, i really miss being in melbourne.

where i can take off and go anywhere, just because.

You and me both.