Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Matthew 7:2
with what, &c. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6.
again. All the critical texts omit. App-94.
with what, &c. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6.
again. All the critical texts omit. App-94.
Verse Matthew 7:2. _FOR WITH WHAT JUDGMENT_] He who is _severe_ on _others_ will naturally excite their _severity_ against _himself_. The censures and calumnies which we have suffered are probably the...
WITH WHAT JUDGMENT ... - This was a proverb among the Jews. It expressed a truth; and Christ did not hesitate to adopt it as conveying his own sentiments. It refers no less to the way in which people...
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...
WITH WHAT JUDGMENT YE JUDGE YE SHALL BE JUDGED. Not by men, but by God. He takes note of the unkind, harsh, censorious spirit, and deals with the man according to his own spirit. There is declared her...
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...
(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....
_judgment_ The same Greek word is used Romans 2:2-3 of the divine sentence or decision: see that passage and context which are closely parallel to these verses: cp. also Mark 12:40, where the same wor...
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...
ΜΕΤΡΗΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ for ἀντιμετρηθήσεται taken from parallel passage Luke 6:38. In Matthew 7:28 again the simple verb is preferred on good authority to the compound συνετέλεσεν. 2. ΚΡΊΜΑ, ‘judgment’ either ...
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...
ΈΝ (G1722) instr. ΚΡΊΜΑΤΙ _dat. от_ ΚΡΊΜΑ (G2917) суд как решение судьи (Gnilka; ММ, 360; _см._ Jos., Ant., 14:321). ΚΡΙΘΉΣΕΣΘΕ _fut. ind. pass._, _см._ Matthew 7:1. ΜΈΤΡΩ _dat. от_ ΜΈΤΡΟΣ (G3358)...
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;...
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. FOR WITH WHAT JUDGMENT YE JUDGE, YE SHALL BE JUDGED: AND WITH WHAT MEASURE YE...
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...
WITH WHAT MEASURE YE METE (i.e. 'measure')] A Jewish proverb. The rabbis said, 'In the measure that a man measureth, others measure to him.'...
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...
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...
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...
WITH WHAT JUDGMENT YE JUDGE.... — Here again truth takes the form of a seeming paradox. The unjust judgment of man does not bring upon us a divine judgment which is also unjust; but the severity which...
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...
_Against judging_....
ἐν ᾧ γὰρ, etc.: Vulgatissimum hoc apud Judaeos adagium, says Lightfoot (Hor. Heb.). Of course; one would expect such maxims, based on experience, to be current among all peoples (_vide_ Grotius for ex...
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...
This rule, which God will infallibly follow, should put a check to the freedom with which we so frequently condemn our neighbour. (Haydock) --- As we behave towards our neighbours, interpreting their...
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...
_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...
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...
FOR WITH WHAT JUDGMENT YE JUDGE, YE SHALL BE JUDGED,.... Both by God and men; to which agree those proverbial sentences used by the Jews; "He that judgeth his neighbour according to the balance of ri...
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Ver. 2. _For with what judgment ye judge, &c._] Our Saviour sets forth what he h...
_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...
BE JUDGED-MEASURED; you may expect to be treated as you treat others. Luke 6:37....
WARNING AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED JUDGING AND ADMONITION TO PERSEVERE IN PRAYER. A lesson from the Eighth Commandment:...
FOR WITH WHAT JUDGMENT YE JUDGE, YE SHALL BE JUDGED; AND WITH WHAT MEASURE YE METE, IT SHALL BE MEASURED TO YOU AGAIN. The Lord's words, in this connection, do not exclude all judging. According to Go...
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...
Ver. 1,2. Our Saviour must not be understood here prohibiting any judgment, which is elsewhere in holy writ allowed, for the Holy Spirit doth not command and prohibit the same thing; whence it if evid...
1 Clement For thus He spoke: "Be ye merciful, that ye may obtain mercy; forgive, that it may be forgiven to you; as ye do, so shall it be done unto you; as ye judge, so shall ye be judged; as ye are...
Matthew 7:2 For G1722 with G3739 what G1063 judgment G2917 judge G2919 (G5719) judged G2919 (G5701) and...
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...
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...
Matthew 7:2. FOR WITH WHAT JUDGMENT, etc. Literally, ‘in what judgment;' the ‘measure' according to which God's judgment will take place, namely, our own severe judgment. The second clause repeats the...
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...
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 7:2 The New Testament is full of a natural and necessary reciprocity between man and the things by which he is surrounded. Every gift has its return, every act has its consequence, every call...
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...
BECAUSE GOD WILL JUDGE YOU. God is aware of the harsh, critical spirit of those who find fault with everything. God will do to each of us, just what we do to our fellow man. _"A man will reap exactly...
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...
2 Corinthians 9:6; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; James 2:13;...
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...
With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you — Awful words! So we may, as it were, choose for ourselves, whether God shall be severe or merciful to us. God and man will favour the candid and...