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Rom. 14:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

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Rom. 14:3‑4• 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. (Rom. 14:3‑4)

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Luke 23:11• ¹¹And Herod with his troops having set him at nought and mocked him, having put a splendid robe upon him, sent him back to Pilate. (Luke 23:11)

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Acts 4:11• ¹¹*He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone. (Acts 4:11)

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Rom. 2:16• ¹⁶in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my glad tidings, by Jesus Christ. (Rom. 2:16)

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Eccl. 12:14• ¹⁴For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil. (Eccl. 12:14)

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Matt. 25:31‑32• ³¹But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory,
³²and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; (Matt. 25:31‑32)

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John 5:22• ²²for neither does the Father judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son; (John 5:22)

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Acts 10:42• ⁴²And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that *he* it is who was determinately appointed of God to be judge of living and dead. (Acts 10:42)

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Acts 17:31• ³¹because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by the man whom he has appointed, giving the proof of it to all in having raised him from among the dead. (Acts 17:31)

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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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2 Cor. 5:10• ¹⁰For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of the Christ, that each may receive the things done in the body, according to those he has done, whether it be good or evil. (2 Cor. 5:10)

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Jude 14‑15• ¹⁴And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, the Lord has come amidst his holy myriads,
¹⁵to execute judgment against all; and to convict all the ungodly of them of all their works of ungodliness, which they have wrought ungodlily, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. (Jude 14‑15)

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Rev. 20:11‑15• ¹¹And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and place was not found for them.
¹²And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is that of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works.
¹³And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged each according to their works:
¹⁴and death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire.
¹⁵And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:11‑15)

• The fact that all will be placed before God, who cannot make a mistake in what He approves, should be a wholesome check in preventing the injurious habit of judging one another. (“Romans 14” by C. Stanley)

• We should refrain from judging or belittling those who don't see things as we do, because there is a day coming when our lives will be reviewed at the judgment seat of Christ, and all such personal exercises will be examined by the Lord. (“Practical Righteousness Toward Those Weak in the Faith: Romans 14-15:13” by B. Anstey)

• Paul's point here is that we ought to leave these things until then, because we don't have the full picture now, and we are incapable of forming an accurate evaluation of those things in one another. (“Practical Righteousness Toward Those Weak in the Faith: Romans 14-15:13” by B. Anstey)

• It is significant that each time the judgment seat of Christ is mentioned in the New Testament it is viewed from a different standpoint. When we put them all together, we learn that the Lord will examine every aspect of our lives. The various areas of review are: Our ways in general (2 Cor. 5:9-10). Our words (Matt. 12:36). Our works of service (1 Cor. 3:12-15). Our thoughts and motives (1 Cor. 4:3-5). Our personal exercises as to matters of conscience (Rom. 14:10-12). (“The Motives of the Christian Minister in Devoting Himself to the Service of the Lord: 2 Corinthians 5” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? or thou too, why despisest thou thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of Goda.

WK Translation Notes

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The revisers properly substitute "God" for "Christ."