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New Defender's Study Bible Notes
6:2 saints shall judge. The resurrected saints will apparently “judge the world” during the coming millennium, when Christ reigns and His people reign with Him (Revelation 2:26; 3:21; 20:4).
6:3 we shall judge angels. The fallen angels are being “reserved unto judgment” (II Peter 2:4; Jude 6), but it is doubtful that the saints will participate in that judgment, for all such are already destined for “everlasting fire” (Matthew 25:41). More likely, we shall have authority over the holy angels, for they were created for this very purpose, being “sent forth to minister for [that is, ‘serve’] them who shall be heirs of salvation” (Hebrews 1:14).
6:5 your shame. The Greek word translated “shame” is entrope, which means “turning inward” or “inversion.” See also I Corinthians 15:34, where Paul uses the same rebuke. The modern scientific word “entropy” is essentially the same word. In science, entropy is a measure of disorder or confusion.