"Do not judge", has a wrong interpretation. I think correct is "Do not condemn"?

Answer 1

Well, that's the idea...

A judge levies punishment upon the offender. Private individuals such as ourselves are not supposed to be judges and punishers -- only God has that prerogative, and (as Jesus said) the government generally has been given the authority to wield the sword (i.e., carry out justice) in God's stead.

Looking more closely at that particular passage, though, often the last part is ignored. Jesus tells us to take out the beam in our own eyes (i.e., the large glaring sin) so that we will be able to help our brother take the speck out of his. He does not say never to criticize another, or point out something wrong. He just says, "Make sure you look at yourself FIRST."

As a body of believers, one of our roles is to be aware of each other's struggles and lovingly encourage each other for the purpose of becoming better -- not to condemn, but to improve -- after we have taken care to scrutinize our own behavior and motivations.

Answer 2

Depends on what you are judging. The Bible says that only God can judge a man's heart, but we can judge the actions of a person.

For instance, a woman seeking a husband can and should judge a man according to his wordly status. Oh sure, he says he loves you, but he's been in jail 3 times the last year, has no driver's license, no job, and his mom just kicked him out of her house for beating his little sister up.

An immature woman might say "but oh, he loves me so much, he tells me that every time we make love, he talks about how one day he's going to be in a rock band, and he's so handsome and all the girls want him, I can tell".

A mature woman with the capability to judge a man's spiritual maturity, would run in the other direction from such a loser. She would know this is not a man who would love her according to biblical standards, and in fact, doesn't know what love really is. He might have a great heart, but that is not the determining factor in a marriage that is built on a solid foundation.

In other words, it matters WHAT you are judging, not who.

Answer 3

Actually given consideration to what Christians do to others that would be a good way of putting it.
Actually to Judge means to determine and teach not condemn.

Answer 4

What's the difference? In the moral sense, they are synonomous. In the court of law, the judge is the one that determines a person's sentence. When you judge someone, you are arrogant to assume you know their true heart, and you do not.

Answer 5

judge : 1 : to form an opinion

comdemn : 2 a : to pronounce guilty : CONVICT b : SENTENCE, DOOM

there is a slight difference in both transitive verbs.

Answer 6

i don't even know what verse ur talking about. but there's one that says something like " Judge not that ye be judged." that's a good one.

Answer 7

Matthew 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.

7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

7:4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye?

7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Answer 8

Tell me what bible verse we are discussing?