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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 eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth; for God hath received him.
⁴Who art thou that judgest another's servant? To his own master he standeth or falleth; and stand he shall, for his master is able to make him stand. (Rom. 14:3‑4)

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

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Acts 4:11• ¹¹He is the Stone that was set at nought by you the builders, that was made head of [the] corner. (Acts 4:11)

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

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Eccl. 12:14• (Eccl. 12:14)

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Matt. 25:31‑32• ³¹But when the Son of man shall have come 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 separateth the sheep from the goats; (Matt. 25:31‑32)

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John 5:22• ²²for not even the Father judgeth anyone, but hath given all the judgment to the Son; (John 5:22)

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Acts 10:42• ⁴²And he charged us to preach to the people and testify that this is he that is ordained by God judge of living and dead. (Acts 10:42)

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Acts 17:31• ³¹inasmuch as he has appointed a day, in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness by a Man whom he marked out, having given assurance to all in that he raised him from [the] dead. (Acts 17:31)

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1 Cor. 4:5• ⁵So then judge nothing prematurely until the Lord shall have come, who shall both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of the 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 Christ, that each may receive the things [done] in the body according to what he did, whether good or evil. (2 Cor. 5:10)

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

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Rev. 20:11‑15• ¹¹And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them.
¹²And I saw the dead, the great and the little, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is {i}the book{/i} 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 that were in it; and death and hades gave up the dead that 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, the lake of fire.
¹⁵And if Anyone 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."