1 Corinthians 6:2

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

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Ambrosiaster

AD 400

The saints will judge this world because the unbelief of the world will be condemned by the example of their faith. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.

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Cornelius a Lapide

AD 1637

If the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? If the saints are to judge the whole world how much more ought they to be able to act as arbiters in composing their own small differences?

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

It is a disgrace for Christians to be judged by outsiders over trivial matters, when we shall judge them in far more important things.

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Polycarp of Smyrna

AD 155

But who of us are ignorant of the judgment of the Lord? "Do we not know that the saints shall judge the world? "

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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

AD 550

And are sharers in His kingdom, and partakers with Him in His judgment,

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Severian of Gabala

AD 425

The twelve apostles will judge the twelve tribes of Israel, if they have not believed and for that reason rejected Christ. The other saints, that is to say, the Gentiles, will judge those who have not abandoned idols and believed in the true God. .

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Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220

For avoiding it, remedies cannot be lacking; since, even if they be lacking, there remains that one by which you will be made a happier magistrate, not in the earth, but in the heavens.

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