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| − | == Questions ==
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| − | ===Verse 1===
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| − | * ''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]].)
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| − | * ''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?
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| − | == Lexical notes ==
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| − | * ''Click the edit link above and to the right to add lexical notes''
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| − | == Exegesis ==
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| − | ===Verse 2===
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| − | 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 doing evil and who, when judges evil in others as good. Obviously the fact that they judge evil as good, is itself a bad thing (see [[Moro 7:14]]-18). Would God then 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.
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| − | 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.
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| − | ===Verse 3===
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| − | Compare the hyperbole of this verse with that in [[Matt 5:29]].
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| − | == Related links ==
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| − | ===Verse 2===
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| − | * 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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Latest revision as of 23:23, 11 November 2015
