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bigmike

1 Corinthians 6:3 (LSB) 3 Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life?
Paul taught the Corinthian believers that they (we) would one day judge angels.
That's not something that we often think about. And it's probably fair to say that many of us didn't even know this until just now.
But that's OK. It's not meant to be something that we spend lots of time dwelling on or trying to figure out.
The important thing is that we understand why Paul taught this, and what context it was written in.
If we look at the first few verses of 1 Corinthians 6, we will see that Paul is addressing the believers in Corinth about taking each other to court to resolve differences between them.
He admonishes them, telling them that if they are going to judge angels, they should be able to work out their personal differences without embarrassing the body of Christ by suing each other.
Paul's intent was not that we make our future job of judging some of the angels a focal point.
It was simply a point he made in passing, while trying to help the Corinthian believers see the futility of taking each other to court instead of working out their differences and disputes as mature adults and followers of Christ.
Considering this, as Paul taught the believers in Corinth, let us also learn to resolve differences between us, being mature in our faith, and not letting our differences divide us and pit us against each other in front of the world.

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