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Warning against Judging Another

11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers and sisters. Whoever speaks evil against another or judges another speaks evil against the law and judges the law, but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.(A) 12 There is one lawgiver and judge[a] who is able to save and to destroy. So who, then, are you to judge your neighbor?(B)

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  1. 4.12 Other ancient authorities lack and judge

11 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters.[a] He who speaks against a fellow believer[b] or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.[c] 12 But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge—the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?[d]

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:11 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
  2. James 4:11 tn See note on the word “believer” in 1:9.
  3. James 4:11 tn Grk “a judge.”
  4. James 4:12 tn Grk “who judges your neighbor.”