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Matthew 7:4
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye, and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye, and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Verse Matthew 7:4. _OR HOW WILT THOU SAY_] That man is utterly unfit to show the way of life to others who is himself walking in the way of death....
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...
THOU HYPOCRITE, CAST OUT FIRST THE BEAM OUT OF THINE OWN EYE. The man who finds fault with another for. sin of which he is more guilty is. hypocrite, as if. thief should rail out against the poor woma...
THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
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...
OUT OF. from. Greek. _ap'o._ App-104....
_a beam is in thine own eye_ Which (1) ought to prevent condemnation of another for a less grave offence; and which (2) would obscure the spiritual discernment, and so render thee an incapable judge....
(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....
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...
ἘΚ ΤΟΥ͂ ὈΦΘΑΛΜΟΥ͂ for ἀπὸ τ. ὀφθ. ἀπὸ denoting removal from the _surface_, perhaps introduced from a note to mark and heighten the contrast. But the evidence for ἐκ is not decisive. 4. ἌΦΕΣ ἘΚΒΆΛΩ. ‘L...
VER 3. "AND WHY BEHOLDEST THOU THE MOTE THAT IS IN THY BROTHER'S EYE, BUT CONSIDEREST NOT THE BEAM THAT IS IN THINE OWN EYE? 4. OR HOW WILT THOU SAY TO THY BROTHER, LET ME PULL OUT THE MOTE OUT OF THI...
_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...
Ή (G2228) или. ΈΡΕΊΣ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΆΦΕΣ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863) позволять. Используется с _conj._, чтобы указать на разрешение (BD, 183-84). ΈΚΒΆΛΩ _aor. con...
DISCOURSE: 1326 THE BEAM AND THE MOTE Matthew 7:3. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brot...
LET ME PULL OUT THE MOTE, &C.— _Hold still, and I will take the mote out of thine eye._ This seems to be the exact meaning of the words Αφες εκβαλω in the original, which, translated thus literally, e...
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;...
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? OR HOW WILT THOU SAY TO THY BROTHER, LET ME PULL OUT THE MOTE OUT OF THINE...
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...
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...
HOW WILT THOU SAY — _i.e.,_ how wilt thou have the face to say....
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...
ἐκβάλω, hortatory conjunctive, first person, supplies place of imperative which is wanting in first person; takes such words as ἄγε, φέρε, or as here ἄφες, before it. _Vide_ Goodwin, section 255. For...
_Proverb of the mote and beam_. Also current among Jews and Arabs (_vide_ Tholuck). κάρφος, a minute dry particle of chaff, wood, etc. δοκός, a wooden beam (_let in_, from δέχομαι) or joist, a monstro...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
OR HOW WILT THOU SAY TO THY BROTHER?.... This is not so much an interrogation, as an expression of admiration, at the front and impudence of such censorious remarkers, and rigid observators; who not c...
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam _is_ in thine own eye? Ver. 4. _Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, &c._] How impudent are hypocri...
_And why beholdest thou the mote_, &c. In particular, why do you open your eyes to any fault of your brother, while you yourself are guilty of a much greater? The word καρφος, here rendered _mote_, ac...
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...
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Matthew 7:4 Or G2228 how G4459 say G2046 (G5692) your G4675 brother G80 Let G863 (G5628) remove...
Or how will you say to your brother, Let me cast out the splinter from your eye, And lo, the plank is in your own eye? So He asks them to consider the folly of the person who with a great plank stick...
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...
Matthew 7:3. AND, since the principle of Matthew 7:2 is correct, WHY BEHOLDEST THOU? The verb means to observe, to voluntarily stare at; the context shows that the one addressed could not have clear v...
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...
Matthew 7:3-5. A figurative application of the principle just laid down, showing the folly of sinners being censorious, their incapacity for forming a right judgment of others, hinting at the proporti...
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 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...
HOW DARE YOU. One who criticizes his brother for having a speck in his eye, while having a log in his own eye, is a hypocrite. Many who want to reform the world, need first to reform and clean up thei...
_The mote that is in thy brother’s eye._ Three lessons stand out conspicuously in the text. 1. Close inspection of ourselves, lest any evil lurk there unobserved which we abhor in others; lest we be...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 7:3 The metaphor of a LOG IN YOUR OWN EYE is an intentional overstatement (compare Matthew 5:29). then you will see cl
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...
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...
How sayest thou — With what face?...