Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 6].
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6:1 {Dare any of you?} (\tolm•i tis hum•n;\). Does any one of you
dare? Rhetorical question with present indicative of \tolma•\,
old verb from \tolma\, daring. Bengel: _grandi verbo notatur
laesa majestas Christianorum_. "The word is an argument in
itself" (Robertson and Plummer). Apparently Paul has an actual
case in mind as in chapter 1Co 5 though no name is called.
{Having a matter against his neighbour} (\pragma ech•n pros ton
heteron\). Forensic sense of \pragma\ (from \prass•\, to do, to
exact, to extort as in Lu 3:13), a case, a suit (Demosthenes
1020, 26), with the other or the neighbour as in 10:24; 14:17;
Ga 6:4; Ro 2:1. {Go to law} (\krinesthai\). Present middle or
passive (ch. Ro 3:4) in the same forensic sense as \krith•nai\
in Mt 5:40. \Krit•s\, judge, is from this verb. {Before the
unrighteous} (\epi t•n adik•n\). This use of \epi\ with the
genitive for "in the presence of" is idiomatic as in 2Co 7:14,
\epi Titou\, in the case of Titus. The Jews held that to bring a
lawsuit before a court of idolaters was blasphemy against the
law. But the Greeks were fond of disputatious lawsuits with each
other. Probably the Greek Christians brought cases before pagan
judges.
6:2 {Shall judge the world} (\ton kosmon krinousin\). Future
active indicative. At the last day with the Lord Jesus (Mt
19:28; Lu 22:30). {Are ye unworthy to judge the smallest
matters?} (\anaxioi este krit•ri•n elachist•n;\). \Anaxios\ is an
old word (\an\ and \axios\), though only here in the N.T. There
is dispute as to the meaning of \krit•ria\ here and in verse 4,
old word, but nowhere else in N.T. save in Jas 2:6. Naturally,
like other words in \-t•rion\ (\akroat•rion\, auditorium, Ac
25:23), this word means the place where judgment is rendered, or
court. It is common in the papyri in the sense of tribunal. In
the _Apost. Const_. ii. 45 we have \m• erchesth• epi krit•rion
ethnikon\ (Let him not come before a heathen tribunal). Hence
here it would mean, "Are ye unworthy of the smallest tribunals?"
That is, of sitting on the smallest tribunals, of forming courts
yourselves to settle such things?
6:3 {How much more, things that pertain to this life?} (\M•ti ge
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(1 Corinthians: Chapter 6)