Judge Not, Lest Ye be Judged

King James 1611, Matthew 7:

 


1 Iudge not, that ye be not iudged.
2 For with what iudgment ye iudge, yee shall be iudged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you againe.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye, but considerest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let mee pull out the mote out of thine eye, and beholde, a beame is in thine owne eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beame out of thine owne eye: and then shalt thou see clearely to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye.

 We should be loving and forgiving.  But we must also tell our brothers and sisters their sins or they become ours, but that does not mean we try to change them.  It is their decision:

King James 1611, Ezekial 33:

8 When I say vnto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, if thou doest not speake to warne the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquitie: but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Understand, that we have an obligation to tell them, but that does not mean we should judge them or call them names:

King James 1611, Matthew 5:

21 ¶ Yee haue heard, that it was saide by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill: and, Whosoeuer shall kill, shalbe in danger of the iudgement.
22 But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the Iudgement: and whosoeuer shall say to his brother, Racha, shal be in danger of the counsell: but whosoeuer shall say, Thou foole, shalbe in danger of hell fire.

Therefore, we should be careful to judge, careful  to not say anything, and careful to act with words that condemn for we will be judged by Yeshuah for our words, and our actions.

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