Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 7:1
The Sermon on the Mount (concluded)
SUMMARY OF MATTHEW 7: Motes and Beams. Casting Pearls before Swine.
Asking and Receiving. The Golden Rule. The Broad and Strait Gates.
Wolves in Sheep's Clothing. The Tree Known by Its Fruits. The
Kingdom Entered by Obedience. The Wise and Foolish Builders. The
Wonderful Teacher.
Judge not, that ye be not judged. The term "judge" is used in
more than one sense, but Christ's meaning is plain. (1) He does not
prohibit the civil judgment of the courts upon evil doers, for this is
approved throughout the whole Bible. (2) He does not prohibit the
judgment of the church, through its officers, upon those who walk
disorderly, for both he and the apostles have enjoined this. (3) He
does not forbid those private judgments that we are compelled to form
the wrong-doers, for he himself tell us that we are to judge men by
their fruits. (See Matthew 7:15-20.) What he designs to prohibit is
rash, uncharitable judgments, a fault-finding spirit, a disposition to
condemn without examination of charges.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 7:1
Luke 6:17-19
Luke 6:37
James 3:1
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