Mateo 7:1

Filipino Cebuano Bible

1 "Ayaw kamo pagpanghukom sa uban aron dili kamo pagahukman.

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Isaiah 66:5, Ezekiel 16:52-56, Luke 6:37, Romans 2:1, Romans 2:2, Romans 14:3, Romans 14:4, Romans 14:10-13, 1 Corinthians 4:3-5, James 3:1, James 4:11, James 4:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 38:24 - let her Judges 1:7 - as I have 1 Samuel 1:14 - How long Job 19:29 - that ye may Ezekiel 16:59 - I will Ezekiel 31:11 - he shall surely deal with him Matthew 18:35 - do John 8:7 - He that 1 Corinthians 4:5 - judge James 2:4 - judges James 2:13 - he James 5:9 - lest

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Judge not, that ye be not judged. This is not to be understood of any sort of judgment; not of judgment in the civil courts of judicature, by proper magistrates, which ought to be made and pass, according to the nature of the case; nor of judgment in the churches of Christ, where offenders are to be called to an account, examined, tried, and dealt with according to the rules of the Gospel; nor of every private judgment, which one man may make upon another, without any detriment to him; but of rash judgment, interpreting men's words and deeds to the worst sense, and censuring them in a very severe manner; even passing sentence on them, with respect to their eternal state and condition. Good is the advice given by the famous Hillell u, who lived a little before Christ's time;

"Do not judge thy neighbour, (says he,) until thou comest into his place.''

It would be well, if persons subject to a censorious spirit, would put themselves in the case and circumstances the persons are in they judge; and then consider, what judgment they would choose others should pass on them. The argument Christ uses to dissuade from this evil, which the Jews were very prone to, is, "that ye be not judged"; meaning, either by men, for such censorious persons rarely have the good will of their fellow creatures, but are commonly repaid in the same way; or else by God, which will be the most awful and tremendous: for such persons take upon them the place of God, usurp his prerogative, as if they knew the hearts and states of men; and therefore will have judgment without mercy at the hands of God.

u Pirke Abot, c. 2. sect. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judge not ... - This command refers to rash, censorious, and unjust judgment. See Romans 2:1. Luke Luke 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 a habit of “expressing” such an opinion harshly and unnecessarily when formed. It rather refers to private judgment than “judicial,” and perhaps primarily to the customs of the scribes and Pharisees.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VII.

Our Lord warns men against rash judgment and uncharitable

censures, 1-5.

Shows that holy things must not be profaned, 6;

gives encouragement to fervent persevering prayer, 7-11.

Shows how men should deal with each other, 12.

Exhorts the people to enter in at the strait gate, 13, 14;

to beware of false teachers, who are to be known by their

fruits, 15-20.

Shows that no man shall be saved by his mere profession of

Christianity, however specious, 22, 23.

The parable of the wise man who built his house upon a rock,

24, 25.

Of the foolish man who built his house, without a foundation,

on the sand, 26, 27.

Christ concludes his sermon, and the people are astonished at

his doctrine, 28, 29.

NOTES ON CHAP. VII.

Verse Matthew 7:1. Judge not, that ye be not judged. — These exhortations are pointed against rash, harsh, and uncharitable judgments, the thinking evil, where no evil seems, and speaking of it accordingly. The Jews were highly criminal here, and yet had very excellent maxims against it, as may be seen in Schoettgen. This is one of the most important exhortations in the whole of this excellent sermon. By a secret and criminal disposition of nature, man endeavours to elevate himself above others, and, to do it more effectually, depresses them. His jealous and envious heart wishes that there may be no good quality found but in himself, that he alone may be esteemed. Such is the state of every unconverted man; and it is from this criminal disposition, that evil surmises, rash judgments, precipitate decisions, and all other unjust procedures against our neighbour, flow.