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Matthew 7

Matt. 7:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Judgee not, that ye be not judged.

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Luke 6:37• ³⁷And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted to you. (Luke 6:37)

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Rom. 2:1• ¹Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, every one who judgest, for in that in which thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. (Rom. 2:1)

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1 Cor. 4:5• ⁵So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God. (1 Cor. 4:5)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-27: Christ, continuing his sermon on the mount, reproves rash judgment, etc.

28-29: Christ ends his sermon, and the people are astonished.

Isa. 66:5• ⁵Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let Jehovah be glorified, and let us see your joy! but they shall be ashamed. (Isa. 66:5)

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Ezek. 16:52‑56• ⁵²Thou also, who hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own confusion, because of thy sins in which thou hast acted more abominably than they: they are more righteous than thou. So be thou ashamed also, and bear thy confusion, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
⁵³And I will bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;
⁵⁴that thou mayest bear thy confusion, and mayest be confounded for all that thou hast done, in that thou comfortest them.
⁵⁵And thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; thou also and thy daughters, ye shall return to your former estate.
⁵⁶Yea, Sodom thy sister was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, (Ezek. 16:52‑56)

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Luke 6:37• ³⁷And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned. Remit, and it shall be remitted to you. (Luke 6:37)

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Rom. 2:1‑2• ¹Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, every one who judgest, for in that in which thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
²But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth upon those who do such things. (Rom. 2:1‑2)

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Rom. 14:3‑4,10‑13• ³Let not him that eats make little of him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him.
⁴Who art *thou* that judgest the servant of another? to his own master he stands or falls. And he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.
¹⁰But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou make little of thy brother? for we shall all be placed before the judgment-seat of God.
¹¹For it is written, *I* live, saith the Lord, that to me shall bow every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God.
¹²So then each of us shall give an account concerning himself to God.
¹³Let us no longer therefore judge one another; but judge ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block or a fall-trap before his brother. (Rom. 14:3‑4,10‑13)

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1 Cor. 4:3‑5• ³But for me it is the very smallest matter that I be examined of you or of man's day. Nor do I even examine myself.
⁴For I am conscious of nothing in myself; but I am not justified by this: but he that examines me is the Lord.
⁵So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God. (1 Cor. 4:3‑5)

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James 3:1• ¹Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive greater judgment. (James 3:1)

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James 4:11‑12• ¹¹Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against his brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if thou judgest the law, thou art not doer of the law, but judge.
¹²One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art *thou* who judgest thy neighbour? (James 4:11‑12)

• Watch against the spirit of censoriousness in ourselves, the habit or tendency to impute evil motives in that which we do not know and which does not meet the eye. (“Remarks on Matthew 7” by W. Kelly)

• There is more discernment in some than in others, and such ought peculiarly to watch against it. It is not that they are to have their eyes shut to what is evil; but they are not to suspect what is not uncovered, nor to go beyond the evidence God gives. (“Remarks on Matthew 7” by W. Kelly)

• Even that which is wrong calls upon love to find out God's way of dealing with what is contrary to God. For the essence of love is, that it seeks the good of the object that is beloved, and this without reference to self. (“Remarks on Matthew 7” by W. Kelly)

• The Lord did not, in anywise, mean to weaken the holy judgment of evil; on the contrary, He, in due time, binds this solemnly upon His people: "Do not ye judge them that are within?" {1 Cor. 5:12} It was the fault of the Corinthians that they did not judge those that were in their midst. It is plain, therefore, that there is a sense in which I am to judge, and another in which I am not. (“Remarks on Matthew 7” by W. Kelly)

• Whatever comes out plainly — what God presents to the eye of His people, so that they know it for themselves, or on testimony which they cannot doubt — they are surely bound to judge. In a word, we are always responsible to abhor that which is offensive to God, whether known directly or indirectly. (“Remarks on Matthew 7” by W. Kelly)

• He refers not to that which is plain, but to what is concealed; to that which, if it does exist, God has not yet laid the evidence before the eyes of His people. We are not responsible to judge what we do not know; on the contrary, we are bound to watch against the spirit of surmising evil or imputing motives. It may be that there is evil, and of the gravest character, as in the case of Judas. Our Lord said of him: "One of you is a devil;" and purposely kept the disciples in the dark about the particulars. (“Remarks on Matthew 7” by W. Kelly)

• “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” Voluntarily blaming others is here condemned. “He that is spiritual judgeth all things” (1 Cor. 2:15) is commendable because it is spiritually discerning according to the Word. Judging is required in 1 Corinthians 5:12. (“Help on Hard Verses” by A.C. Brown)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Judge not, that ye may not be judged;

W. Kelly Translation

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Judge not that ye be not judged;