1 Corinthians 6:4 So then, if you have cases or, courts for deciding matters of this life, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church? i.e., heathens. Note: This difficult passage may also be taken as a statement, using sarcasm, “you appoint as judges...”.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ So then, if you have cases [or, courts] for deciding matters of this life, do you appoint [as judges] those who have no standing in the church? [i.e., heathens]. [Note: This difficult passage may also be taken as a statement, using sarcasm, “you appoint as judges...”].