This adverbial phrase serves in comparative reasoning, establishing an argument from the lesser case to the greater. In 1 Corinthians 6:3, Paul employs it to reason that if believers will judge angels, how much more ordinary life matters. The multilingual glosses capture the comparative force (Spanish cuánto más, French combien plus, German geschweige denn). This rhetorical device appears frequently in rabbinic argumentation and throughout Scripture, drawing inevitable conclusions from accepted premises.