Matt 7:1-5

2009-01-03T16:20:48Z

76.27.86.140: /* Exegesis */ summarizing conclusion of Brian's post. still needs more work

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== Questions ==
===Verse 1===
* ''JST.'' In the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible, this verse contains the phrase "Judge not unrighteously, that ye be not judged: but judge righteous judgment." What is righteous judgment? (Notice however that there is no change in [[3 Ne 14:1]].)

* ''Showing mercy and not judging.'' In the preceding chapter, Jesus has advocated showing mercy and being reconciled to our brother. How does not judging (unrightouesly) relate to these previous teachings?

== Lexical notes ==
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== Exegesis ==
===Verse 2===
The idea that we will be judged with the same standard which we apply to others would mean that God may judge us with a faulty standard if we judge others with a faulty standard. Since clearly God cannot judge with a faulty standard something else must be going on here. Or to state the problem using a specific example...imagine a person who lives a terrible life of evil, when they see evil, they judge it as good (see [[Moro 7:14]]-18). Would God judge such a person as good by applying the same principle of judgement they used (i.e. evil is good) to judge them? Surely not.

The interpretation that makes more sense of these verses is to read judgment as meaning something more like our word ''condemnation'' making the meaning of the verse something like: condemn not others that ye be not condemned.

===Verse 3===
Compare the hyperbole of this verse with that in [[Matt 5:29]].

== Related links ==
===Verse 2===
* See BrianJ's post [http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2007/03/12/the-lord-will-behave-like-a-jerk "The Lord will judge unrighteously?"] at the Feast blog.

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