1 Corinthians 6:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

The saints

Revelation 20:4

The smallest

1 Corinthians 6:4

2 Corinthians 4:18

1 John 2:16

Bible References

The saints

Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

so that he may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of his holy ones,

He who overcomes, and keeps my works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations

To him who overcomes, I will grant to sit with me on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom judgment was given. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony to Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshipped the beast or his image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

The smallest

So if you have disputes about such matters, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?

while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are unseen are eternal.

For all that is in the worldthe lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of lifeis not of the Father but is of the world.