Judging Others^(A)

³⁷ “Do not judge, and you will not be judged.^(B) Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.^(C)

³² Be kind and compassionate to one another,^(A) forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.^(B)

Judging Others^(A)

7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.^{(B) 2} 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)

³ “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? ⁴ How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? ⁵ You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

⁹ Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters,^(A) or you will be judged. The Judge^(B) is standing at the door!^(C)

¹⁰ You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister^[a]? Or why do you treat them with contempt?^(A) For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.^{(B) 11} It is written:

¹² So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.^(E)

¹³ Therefore let us stop passing judgment^(F) on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.^{(G) 14} I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself.^(H) But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.^{(I) 15} If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love.^(J) Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.^{(K) 16} Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.^(L)