11 Don’t criticize one another, brothers and sisters. Anyone who defames or judges a fellow believer defames and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
James 4:11-12 (CSB)
3 Do you think—anyone of you who judges those who do such things yet do the same—that you will escape God’s judgment?
Romans 2:3 (CSB)
Whenever I judge someone:
- It can never be justified.
11 Don’t criticize one another, brothers and sisters. Anyone who defames or judges a fellow believer defames and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
James 4:11 (CSB)
44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 8:44 (CSB)
29 No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear. 30 And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by him for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander be removed from you, along with all malice. 32 And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.
Ephesians 4:29-32 (CSB)
- It is never an act of love for that person.
11 Don’t criticize one another, brothers and sisters. Anyone who defames or judges a fellow believer defames and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
James 4:11 (CSB)
8 Indeed, if you fulfill the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself,, you are doing well.
James 2:8 (CSB)
46 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things I say? 47 I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them: 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built. 49 But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great.”
Luke 6:46-49 (CSB)
- I believe I am superior to them.
12 There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
James 4:12 (CSB)
13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 2:13 (CSB)