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Don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. For look—the Judge is standing at the door!

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Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters,(A) or you will be judged. The Judge(B) is standing at the door!(C)

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So don’t make judgments about anyone ahead of time—before the Lord returns. For he will bring our darkest secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. Then God will give to each one whatever praise is due.

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Therefore judge nothing(A) before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes.(B) He will bring to light(C) what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.(D)

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18 “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

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18 “‘Do not seek revenge(A) or bear a grudge(B) against anyone among your people,(C) but love your neighbor(D) as yourself.(E) I am the Lord.

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Warning against Judging Others

11 Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters.[a] If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:11 Greek brothers.

11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another.(A) Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister[a] or judges them(B) speaks against the law(C) and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it,(D) but sitting in judgment on it.

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.

33 In the same way, when you see all these things, you can know his return is very near, right at the door.

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33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[a] is near, right at the door.(A)

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  1. Matthew 24:33 Or he

Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.

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Offer hospitality(A) to one another without grumbling.(B)

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But remember that they will have to face God, who stands ready to judge everyone, both the living and the dead.

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But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.(A)

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26 Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another.

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26 Let us not become conceited,(A) provoking and envying each other.

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You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”

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If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door;(A) it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.(B)

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14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[a]

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  1. 5:14 Lev 19:18.

14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[a](A)

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  1. Galatians 5:14 Lev. 19:18

11 These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age.

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11 These things happened to them as examples(A) and were written down as warnings for us,(B) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.(C)

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29 In the same way, when you see all these things taking place, you can know that his return is very near, right at the door.

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29 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it[a] is near, right at the door.

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  1. Mark 13:29 Or he

Do Not Judge Others

“Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. For you will be treated as you treat others.[a] The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:2a Or For God will judge you as you judge others.
  2. 7:2b Or The measure you give will be the measure you get back.

Judging Others(A)

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.(B) For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.(C)

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