Labeling Others

“Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.

For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.

For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God.

The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.

Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.”

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you.

God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor?