² ·Surely [^LDon’t…?] you know that ·God’s people [^Tthe saints] will judge the world. So if you are to judge the world, are you not able to judge ·small [trivial; the smallest of] cases as well? ³ ·You [^LDon’t you…?] know that we will judge angels, so surely we can judge the ·ordinary things of [or matters pertaining to] this life. ⁴ If you have ·ordinary cases [cases/legal disputes of this life] that must be judged, ·are you going to appoint people as judges who mean nothing to the church? [will you appoint judges with no standing in/whose lifestyle is rejected by the church?; or go ahead and appoint the least members of the church to judge them! ^Cin the latter interpretation, Paul speaks sarcastically.]