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NASB | Luke 18:11 "The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 18:11 "The Pharisee stood [ostentatiously] and began praying to himself [in a self-righteous way, saying]: 'God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men--swindlers, unjust (dishonest), adulterers--or even like this tax collector. |
Subject: Would this be biblically accurate? |
Bible Note: Reighnskye It is human nature to judge or compare as you call it. Your right compared to God's righteousness we all stand condemned that is why Christ died for us, it is no longer our righteousness but His. However that does not negate the human instinct to judge using our biases, prejudices, experiences, education, and discernment. Again the judging process is not the problem where the process becomes a problem is what we do with the information once we reach our conclusion. Jesus told us to be careful the standard we set for others will become the standard by which we are judged Matt 7:1,2. Again if we are of the world we will process the information gained in our judgement and use it a negative way. If however we are of Christ and allow Christ to move through us the outcome will be positive. Things we can not and should not attempt to judge is whether a person is saved or not 1 Sa 16:7. Another is how a person should serve the Lord Roman 14:3,4. However the Lord tells us plainly we shall know them by their fruit Mt 17:6 and that requires us to judge. EdB |