A podcast listener named Brooke has today's question, it's short and to the point.

Hello, Pastor John, and thank you for this podcast.

My question for you is simply, what does the Apostle Paul mean when he says that we are

to judge angels in 1 Corinthians 6.3?

Can you explain this text and its context?

The context of the question is whether Christians should use law courts, secular law courts

to saddle matters with each other, whether they should sue each other in secular court.

Let me read it to you, 1 Corinthians 6, 1 to 3.

When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare to go to law before the unrighteous

instead of the saints?

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world?

And if the world is to be judged by you are incompetent to try trivial cases, do you not

know that we are to judge angels?

How much more than matters pertaining to this life?

The first commentary I've done to that on this said this quote, but exactly how we

shall judge angels is not revealed to us, close quote.

Now that's true, but we're not left without any help in Scripture.

This is pointing to something absolutely mind-boggling when he says we will judge angels.

And we would do well to reflect on it, which is what I enjoyed doing, getting ready

to answer this.

Commentators disagree about whether the angels here are good angels or bad angels, angels

who haven't fallen and are sinless and angels who have fallen and are in the category of

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