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ALEX - "Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!" (1 Cor. 6:3). Is Moroni going to judge himself if he is an angel? How will this work?
JOEL - 1 Cor. 6:3 "Know ye not that we shall judge angels?"
In this scripture Paul explains that the saints, who are in preparation to judge the world in eternal things, should have someone among themselves wise enough to judge their earthly disputes.
As far as judging angels is concerned President Joseph F Smith said:
"The man who passes through this probation, and is faithful, being redeemed from sin by the blood of Christ, through the ordinances of the gospel, and attains to exaltation in the kingdom of God, is not less but greater than the angels, and if you doubt it, read your Bible, for there it is written that the Saints shall 'judge angels,' and also they shall 'judge the world.' And why? Because the resurrected, righteous man has progressed beyond the pre-existent or disembodied spirits, and has risen above them, having both spirit and body as Christ has, having gained the victory over death and the grave, and having power over sin and Satan; in fact, having passed from the condition of the angels to that of a God. He possesses keys of power, dominion and glory that the angel does not possess-and cannot possess without gaining them in the same way that he gained them, which will be by passing through the same ordeals and proving equally faithful." (Gospel Doctrine: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Joseph F. Smith, compiled by John A. Widtsoe [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1939], 18.)
The scripture is referring to judging two types of angels. Disembodied spirits, and resurrected beings which can both be called angels. They will be judged by resurrected saints who have attained Godhood. Moroni is a resurrected being with an immortal body and therefore will not be judging himself. He and those who have been resurrected and have attained Godhood will be judging other disembodied angels as well as angels who are resurrected who have not attained godhood.
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