Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life (biwtika men oun krithria ean exhte). Note emphatic position (proleptic) of biwtika krithria (tribunals pertaining to this life, as above). "If ye have tribunals pertaining to this life" (condition of third class, ean exhte). If kaqizete (do ye set) is indicative and interrogative, then by "who are of no account in the church" (touv ecouqenhmenouv en th ekklhsiai) Paul means the heathen as in verse I Corinthians 6:1. If kaqizete be imperative, then Paul means the least esteemed members of the church for such unwished for work. It is a harsh term for the heathen, but one of indignation toward Christians.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 6:4:
1 Corinthians 1:10
1 Corinthians 6:2
1 Corinthians 6:12
Ephesians 1:20
James 2:6
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