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Judging Others
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. John 7:24
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. John 8:7
Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. John 8:15-16
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with
what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be
measured to you again. Matthew 7:1-2
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be
condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: Give, and it shall be given
unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over,
shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it
shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:37-38
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 1st Corinthians 11:31-32
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. James 4:11
And these things, brethren, I have in a figure
transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us
not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up
for one against another. For who maketh thee to differ from another? and
what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive
it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 1st Corinthians 4:6-7
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's
judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. For I know nothing by myself;
yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will
bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the
counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. 1st
Corinthians 4:3-5
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for
wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest
doest the same things. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according
to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou this, O man,
that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt
escape the judgment of God? Romans 2:1-3
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother
be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an
extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. For what have I to do to judge them also that
are without? do not ye judge them that are within? But them that are without God judgeth.
Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. 1st Corinthians 5:11-13
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not
before the saints? Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world
shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we
shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? If then ye have
judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in
the church. 1st Corinthians 6:1-4
Note: The last two in Paul's writings are concerning the interworkings within the
church which specifically deal with church order therefore don't contradict the
majority of the verses that state we are not allowed to be judgmental. Common
sense dictates that there is a big difference between being not being a
judgmental individual and discerning the differences between right and wrong.
This page was last updated on 05/02/03