Proverbs 21:13
Matthew 6:15
Verse 15. (d) "forgive your trespasses" Eph 4:31, Jas 2:13Matthew 7:1-2
MATTHEW CHAPTER 7 Verse 1. Judge not, etc. This command refers to rash, censorious, and unjust judgment. See Rom 2:1. Lk 6:37 explains it in the sense of condemning. Christ does not condemn judging as a magistrate, for that, when according to justice, is lawful and necessary. Nor does he condemn our forming an opinion of the conduct of others, for it is impossible not to form an opinion of conduct that we know to be evil. But what he refers to is a habit of forming a judgment hastily, harshly, and without an allowance for every palliating circumstance, and of expressing such an opinion harshly and unnecessarily when formed. It rather refers to private judgment than judicial, and perhaps primarily to the habits of the scribes and Pharisees. (r) "Judge not" Lk 6:37, Rom 2:1, 1Cor 4:5. Verse 2. With what judgment, etc. 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 men will judge of us, than to the rule by which God will judge us. See 2Sam 22:27, Mk 4:24, Jas 2:13. Mete. Measure. You shall be judged by the same rule which you apply to others. (s) "what measure ye mete" Jud 1:7
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