James 4:11-12

Expanded Bible

You Are Not the Judge

¹¹ Brothers and sisters [^Cfellow believers], do not ·tell evil lies about [slander] each other [Lev. 19:16]. If you ·speak against [slander] your ·fellow believers [^La brother or sister] or judge them, you are judging and ·speaking against [slandering] the law [^Cbecause the law commanded love]. And when you are judging the law, you are no longer a ·follower [^Ldoer] of the law. You have become a judge [^Csitting in judgment over the law]. ¹² ·God is the only [^LThere is one] ·Lawmaker [Lawgiver] and Judge. He is the only One who can save and destroy [Matt. 10:28]. ·So it is not right for you [^LSo who are you…?] to judge your neighbor [Lev. 19:18].