Judging Others

7 ^(A)“Judge not, that you be not judged.

Judging Others

^37 (A)(B)“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; ^(C)forgive, and you will be forgiven;

God's Righteous Judgment

2 Therefore you have ^(A)no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For ^(B)in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. ² We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.

^11 (A)Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.^[a] The one who speaks against a brother or ^(B)judges his brother, 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. ¹² There is only ^(C)one lawgiver and ^(D)judge, he who is able to save and ^(E)to destroy. But ^(F)who are you to judge your neighbor?

^41 (A)Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but ^(B)do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

⁵ You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

¹⁰ Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For ^(A)we will all stand before ^(B)the judgment seat of God; ¹¹ for it is written,

¹² So then ^(D)each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Do Not Cause Another to Stumble

^13 (E)Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide ^(F)never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.

³ But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. ^4 (A)For I am not aware of anything against myself, ^(B)but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. ⁵ Therefore ^(C)do not pronounce judgment before the time, ^(D)before the Lord comes, ^(E)who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. ^(F)Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

³ Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and ^(A)let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. ^4 (B)Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master^[a] that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.