Bible Problem: Matthew 7:1. To Judge or Not to Judge?
Problem:
In Matthew 7:1 Jesus says:
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
So this means that we shouldn’t judge sins and sinners, right? We need to be tolerant of everything even when it goes against God’s commandments. Nobody should tell anybody that they’re wrong about something or they’ll be judging, and Jesus told us not to judge.
Solution:
Let’s continue reading to understand this verse in context:
Matthew chapter 7 verses 1 to 3:
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.
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?
Jesus was simply stating that we will be judged in the same way we judge others. These verses do not mean that we should never judge anything.
Christians are supposed to judge moral issues. We just need to be careful and merciful when we do, as explained in the following verses, and others:
Romans 14:13
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
1 Corinthians 2:15
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1 Corinthians 6:2
Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?