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Matthew 7:1,2
Warning against Unauthorized Judging and Admonition to Persevere in Prayer.
A lesson from the Eighth Commandment:
Warning against Unauthorized Judging and Admonition to Persevere in Prayer.
A lesson from the Eighth Commandment:
CHAPTER VII. _Our Lord warns men against rash judgment and uncharitable_ _censures_, 1-5. _Shows that holy things must not be profaned_, 6; _gives encouragement to fervent persevering prayer_, 7-1...
JUDGE NOT ... - This command refers to rash, censorious, and unjust judgment. See Romans 2:1. Luke Luke 6:37 explains it in the sense of “condemning.” Christ does not condemn judging as a magistrate,...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Judgment of Righteousness.(Matthew 7:1 .) 2. Warning against False Prophets.(Matthew 7:15 .) 3. Warning against False Professors. (Matthew 7:21 .)_ The chapter which follows contai...
AGAINST JUDGING (Luke 6:37 f., Luke 6:41 f.)· Mt. here returns (from Matthew 5:48) to the Sermon as it stood in Q. The subjects of the kingdom are warned against a censorious habit of mind; judging in...
GOLDEN PRECEPTS.. Matthew 7:1-12. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Therefore, all things that ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them._ -- Matthew 7:12. TIME AND PLACE. --As in last four lessons....
Do not judge others, in order that you may not be judged; for with the standard of judgment with which you judge you will be judged; and with the measure you measure to others it will be measured to y...
THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. Jewish proverb....
_Judge not_, &c. This is the form which the "lex talionis," or law of reciprocity, takes in the kingdom of heaven. The censorious spirit is condemned, it is opposed to the ἐπιείκεια, "forbearance," ...
(a) Judgment on others, Matthew 7:1-6. The passage occurs in St Luke's report of the Sermon on the Mount (ch. Luke 6:37-38), with a different context, and a further illustration of "full measure....
ΜῊ ΚΡΊΝΕΤΕ Κ.Τ.Λ. This is the form which the ‘_lex talionis_,’ or law of reciprocity, takes in the kingdom of heaven. The censorious spirit is condemned, it is opposed to the ἐπιείκεια, ‘forbearance,’...
C. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KINGDOM, 1–27 After contrasting the New Law with the Mosaic Law and with Pharisaic rules and conduct, Jesus proceeds to lay down rules for the guidance of His disciples in th...
VER 1. "JUDGE NOT, THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED. 2. FOR WITH WHAT JUDGMENT YE JUDGE, YE SHALL BE JUDGED: AND WITH WHAT MEASURE YE METE, IT SHALL BE MEASURED TO YOU AGAIN." Aug.: Since when these temporal th...
_JESUS SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY ABOUT JUDGING MATTHEW 7:1-6_ : A spirit of pride and conceit causes people to judge others harshly. The judgment shown to be wrong in this text is the opposite of the mercy...
ΚΡΊΝΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919) судить; привычка к строгой, резкой, несправедливой критике (RWP). Это слово почти синоним осуждения (DA). _Praes. imper._ с _Отр.._ значением ΜΉ (G3361) з...
DISCOURSE: 1325 AGAINST UNCHARITABLE JUDGING Matthew 7:1. _Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to...
JUDGE NOT, &C.— Our Saviour, having condemned worldly-mindedness in the general, proceeds to forbid allrash and unfavourable judgments, whether of the characters of others in general, or of their acti...
CHAPTER SEVEN F. THE DANGERS FACING THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 7:1-27; Luke 6:37-49) 1. THE DANGER OF HARSHLY CRITICIZING OTHERS. (Matthew 7:1-5;...
Judge not, that ye be not judged. JUDGE NOT, THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED. To "judge" here [ krinete (G2919)] does not exactly mean to pronounce condemnatory judgment [ katakrinein (G2635)]; nor does it r...
14-15 Compare Mar_11:25-26. 14 Forgiveness now is according to the riches of His grace (Eph_1:7), not according to our forgiveness of others. The believers in Israel failed at this point. Their forgi...
JUDGE NOT] cp. Romans 2:1. Unkind and frivolous criticism is what is meant. Judgment as a serious and solemn act is not forbidden by Christ. It is indeed often the Christian's duty to judge and severe...
ON THE HABIT OF CRITICISING OTHERS (Luke 6:37). St. Luke's account is here the fuller, and he places the section in a more satisfactory relation to what goes before. Our Lord condemns all forms of cen...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONCLUDED) The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the earlier part of the sermon, and the whole chapter bears the appearance of an appendix of miscell...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 7 DO NOT BE JUDGES OF OTHER PEOPLE 7:1-6 V1 ‘Do not be judges of other people. If you do, God will be your judge. V2 In the same way...
VII. (1) The plan and sequence of the discourse is, as has been said, less apparent in this last portion. Whether this be the result of omission or of insertion, thus much at least seems clear, that w...
CHAPTER 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
μὴ κρίνετε, judge not, an absolute prohibition of a common habit, especially in religious circles of the Pharisaic type, in which much of the evil in human nature reveals itself. “What levity, haste,...
_Against judging_....
JUDGING SELF; ASKING GOD; SERVING OTHERS Matthew 7:1-12 There is abundant need for a right and sound judgment, illumined by the Spirit of truth; but there is a world of difference between it and the...
After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up the standard of judgment. No man is to be his brother's judg...
Judge (1) not, that ye be not judged. (1) We ought to find fault with one another, but we must beware we do not do it without cause, or to seem holier than others or because of hatred of others....
Judge not, [1] or condemn not others rashly, that you may not be judged or condemned. (Witham) --- St. Jerome observes, Christ does not altogether forbid judging, but directs us how to judge. Where th...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
The Lord JESUS Lord JESUS in this Chapter concludes his Sermon on the Mount, and a very blessed close he makes of it, in comparing the wise hearers of it to those who build on the Rock, and the fooli...
I pass over the several most blessed things which the Lord Jesus here treats of, as being in themselves so plain, and by Him so beautifully expressed, as to render all explanation unnecessary. But I d...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_AGAINST RASH JUDGMENT_ ‘Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.’ Matthew 7:1 Here w...
Matthew 7:1._Judege not _These words of Christ do not contain an absolute prohibition _from judging, _but are intended to cure a disease, which appears to be natural to us all. We see how all flatter...
There are two things connected with the presence of the multitude, Matthew 5:1. First, the time required that the Lord should give a true idea of the character of His kingdom, since already He drew th...
JUDGE NOT, THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED. This is not to be understood of any sort of judgment; not of judgment in the civil courts of judicature, by proper magistrates, which ought to be made and pass, accor...
Judge not, that ye be not judged. Ver. 1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged_] _Hoc verbum quandam indaginem involvit._ The word _a_ imports a kind of curious inquiry into other men's faults, that we...
_Judge not_ Our Lord now proceeds to warn us against the chief hinderances of holiness. And how wisely does he begin with _judging!_ Wherein all young converts are so apt to spend that zeal which is g...
JUDGE NOT; rashly, censoriously, or unjustly, the character or conduct of others. Harsh judgments will provoke retaliation....
Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in Scripture. Believers are told to "judge" what Paul says (1 Corinthians...
1-6 We must judge ourselves, and judge of our own acts, but not make our word a law to everybody. We must not judge rashly, nor pass judgment upon our brother without any ground. We must not make the...
MATTHEW CHAPTER 7 MATTHEW 7:1 Christ proceedeth in his sermon to condemn rash judgment, MATTHEW 7:6 forbiddeth the prostitution of holy things, MATTHEW 7:7 recommends prayer,...
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians or blow for blow, or cursing for cursing, but being mindful of what the Lord said in His teaching: "Judge not, that ye be not judged;[16] Irenaeus Against Here...
Matthew 7:1 Judge G2919 (G5720) not G3361 not G3363 judged G2919 (G5686) Isaiah 66:5;...
Do not judge, in order that you are not judged, For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged, And with what measure you measure, it will be measured to you. Clearly the first question here i...
HOW THEY ARE TO JUDGE AMONG THEMSELVES AND VIEW OUTSIDERS (7:1-6). Jesus now comes to the question of judgment made about others, and especially how it should be conducted under the Kingly Rule of Hea...
CONNECTION and CONTENTS. The connection is not obvious; no theory can be insisted upon. Various views: (1) No connection intended. (2) Matthew 7:7 is connected with the last chapter, while Matthew 7:1...
Matthew 7:1. JUDGE NOT. This refers to harsh, unkind judgment, not to the mere formation of private opinion, or to judicial sentences. THAT YE BE NOT JUDGED, not by other men, but by God. His judgme...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
JUDGE NOT (μη κρινετε). The habit of censoriousness, sharp, unjust criticism. Our word critic is from this very word. It means to separate, distinguish, discriminate. That is necessary, but pre-jud...
JUDGE NOT In the sense of condemnation....
Matthew 7:1 The law kept by sympathy. "Judge not, that ye be not judged." This word of Christ's implies I. That we are not to be eager to spy out our neighbour's faults, for that is not worthy, not C...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again._ Some people are of a censorious...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._ You are not called to judge; you are not qualified to judge: «God is the Judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.» There is much better wor...
While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are infinite; they are omnipotent. There is a kind of life in them; a...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again._ Use your judgment, of course: t...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Encouragement to prayer. The two ways. Warnings against false teachers. Danger of profession without faith. The two foundations. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONC...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._ This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent, tha...
DO NOT JUDGE OTHERS. The meaning is plain. (1) He does not prohibit the civil judgments of the courts against those who commit crimes. (2) He does not prohibit the leaders of the church judging those...
_Judge not._ AGAINST CENSORIOUSNESS I. The prohibition. It refers to the conduct of private individuals, not to men in a public capacity; nor to hinder private persons from forming any opinion upon...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 7:1 JUDGE NOT forbids pronouncing another person guilty before God. But see note on vv. 3–5....
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT CRITICIZING OTHERS MATTHEW 7:1-6; LUKE 6:37-42; MATTHEW 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. Luke 6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not b
CHAPTER 7 _Judge not_, rashly and malignantly, _that ye_, &c. Christ does not here prohibit the public judgments of magistrates, by which they condemn the guilty and absolve the innocent, for this is...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 7:3. MOTE.—The Greek noun so translated means a stalk, or twig. The illustration seems to have been a familiar one among the Jews, and a proverb all but verbally identical is...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 7:1 (2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards (Matthew 6:19), so does censoriousness manwards (Matthew 7:1), our Lord thus tacitly op
MATTHEW 7:1-29 I believe that it goes without saying that Jesus Christ was certainly the greatest teacher who ever lived and it is interesting to study his teaching habits. And He used the method of d...
1 Corinthians 4:3; Ezekiel 16:52; Isaiah 66:5; James 3:1; James 4:11
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) Matthew 7:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that we should not judge one another. There is probably no sin qui...
Judge not — any man without full, clear, certain knowledge, without absolute necessity, without tender love. Luke 6:37....
Observe here, The prohibition, and the reason of that prohibition. JUDGE NOT, this is not meant of ourselves, but of our neighbour. Self-judging is. great duty; judging others. grievous sin; yet is n...