judging people

¹“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. ²For with whatever judgment you judge, so shall you be judged; and with whatever measure you measure out, so shall it be measured back to you. ³And how can you see the splinter in your brother’s eye, and not see the board in your own eye? ⁴Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter from your eye,’ while, behold, a board is in your own eye? ⁵Hypocrite, first remove the board from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye.

³⁷Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

²⁴Do not judge according to appearances, but instead judge a just judgment.”

¹¹Brothers, do not choose to slander one another. Whoever slanders his brother, or whoever judges his brother, slanders the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. ¹²There is one lawgiver and one judge. He is able to destroy, and he is able to set free.

¹“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.

¹⁷But I beg you, brothers, to take note of those who cause dissensions and offenses contrary to the doctrine that you have learned, and to turn away from them. ¹⁸For ones such as these do not serve Christ our Lord, but their inner selves, and, through pleasing words and skillful speaking, they seduce the hearts of the innocent.

³But, O man, when you judge those who do such things as you yourself also do, do you think that you will escape the judgment of God?

¹⁸Lying lips conceal hatred; whoever brings forth contempt is unwise.

¹For this reason, O man, each one of you who judges is inexcusable. For by that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you do the same things that you judge. ²For we know that the judgment of God is in accord with truth against those who do such things. ³But, O man, when you judge those who do such things as you yourself also do, do you think that you will escape the judgment of God?

¹⁵Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

⁵⁷And why do you not, even among yourselves, judge what is just?

²³For the wages of sin is death. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

³But as for me, it is such a small thing to be judged by you, or by the age of mankind. And neither do I judge myself. ⁴For I have nothing on my conscience. But I am not justified by this. For the Lord is the One who judges me. ⁵And so, do not choose to judge before the time, until the Lord returns. He will illuminate the hidden things of the darkness, and he will make manifest the decisions of hearts. And then each one shall have praise from God.