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

The smallest

1 Corinthians 6:4

2 Corinthians 4:18

1 John 2:16

Bible References

The saints

Like sheep they are headed for Sheol;
Death will shepherd them.
The upright will rule over them in the morning,
and their form will waste away in Sheol,
far from their lofty abode.

Let the godly celebrate in triumphal glory;
let them shout for joy on their beds.

But the holy ones of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever, yes, forever and ever.’

You will flee by My mountain valley, for the valley of the mountains will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come and all the holy ones with Him.

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: In the Messianic Age,

when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on 12 thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israel.

so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom. And you will sit on thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel.

May He make your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.

And Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about them:

Look! The Lord comes
with thousands of His holy ones

The one who is victorious and keeps My works to the end: I will give him authority over the nations—

The victor: I will give him the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I also won the victory and sat down with My Father on His throne.

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the people

who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.

The smallest

So if you have cases pertaining to this life, do you select those who have no standing in the church to judge?

So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.