1 Corinthians 6:2

James Moffatt - New Testament

Do you not know the saints are to manage the world? If the world is to come under your jurisdiction, are you incompetent to adjudicate upon trifles?

Cross References

Matthew 19:28

Jesus said to them, "I tell you truly, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke 22:30

I assign you the right of eating and drinking at my table in my Realm and of sitting on thrones to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 20:4

And I saw thrones with people sitting on them, who were allowed to judge — saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and God's word, those who would not worship the Beast or his statue, and who would not receive his mark on their forehead or hand; they came to life and reigned along with the Christ for a thousand years.

Revelation 3:21

'The conqueror I will allow to sit beside me on my throne, as I myself have conquered and sat down beside my Father on his throne.'

2 Corinthians 4:18

for those of us whose eyes are on the unseen, not on the seen; for the seen is transient, the unseen eternal.

1 Corinthians 6:4

And yet, when you have mundane issues to settle, you refer them to the judgment of men who from the point of view of the church are of no account!

1 Thessalonians 3:13

so as to strengthen your hearts and make them blameless in holiness before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones. [Amen.]

Romans 6:16

Do you not know you are the servants of the master you obey, of the master to whom you yield yourselves obedient, whether it is Sin, whose service ends in death, or Obedience, whose service ends in righteousness?

1 Corinthians 1:20

Sage, scribe, critic of this world, where are they all? Has not God stultified the wisdom of the world?

1 Corinthians 1:21

For when the world with all its wisdom failed to know God in his wisdom, God resolved to save believers by the 'sheer folly' of the Christian message.