3. judge angels. The
background for this idea is the Jewish apocalyptic notion that some angels
rebelled against God and were cast out of heaven along with Satan. There is no
suggestion in the Old Testament that human beings will judge these angels. Jude
6 refers to the angels, but God seems to be their judge. Paul elevates the
saints to a position that is of almost the same dignity as that of Christ,
undoubtedly because the church is the habitation of the Spirit. The community
of believers is therefore no mere human society. (William F.
Orr and James Arthur Walther, I
Corinthians: A New Translation, Introduction, with a Study of the Life of Paul,
Notes, and Commentary, [AYB 32; New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976],
194)
