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Brothers and sisters, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors!(A)

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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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Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.(A)

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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 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.(A)

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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 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)

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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 So also, when you see all these things, you know that he[a] is near, at the very gates.

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  1. 24.33 Or it

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

Be hospitable to one another without complaining.

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

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If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

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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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But they will have to give an accounting to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.(A)

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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, competing against one another, envying one another.

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

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14 For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”(A)

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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 to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.(A)

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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 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he[a] is near, at the very gates.

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  1. 13.29 Or it

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

Judging Others

“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.(A) For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.

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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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