Prior Book | Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
NASB | 1 Corinthians 5:12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 5:12 For what business is it of mine to judge outsiders (non-believers)? Do you not judge those who are within the church [to protect the church as the situation requires]? |
Bible Question: Scripture Gal 6:1 tells us to try to get our brother out of sin and to do this you must judge, but isn't judging wrong and we're not supposed to do this? What about judging someones character? |
Bible Answer: Nowhere in scripture are we told not to judge sin. We are told not judge others with a different standard than we use for ourselves. Neither are we to judge motivation or salvation, since only God knows the heart. Your absolutely right in Gal 6:1 we are told to restore a brother that has been caught in sin. For us to do that we have to able to judge if he was in fact in sin or not. People take the judge not position because they don't want to hear what they already know that they are deep in sin and need to clean up their act. However there are times when people in false piety have looked down their holy appearing noses at others in an attempt to make themselves look better. EdB |