Matthew 7:1

New English Translation

7 “Do not judge so that you will not be judged.^[a]

Matthew 7:1 sn The point of the statement do not judge so that you will not be judged is that the standards we apply to others God applies to us. The passive verb will not be judged has God is the unstated performer of the action. Such usage is generally thought to have arisen within Judaism out of the tendency to minimize the mention of God’s name out of reverence for God, and carried over into early Christian tradition, although in this particular verse the agent may be left unstated more for rhetorical effect. See also ExSyn 437-38.

James 3:1

New English Translation

3 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters,^[a] because you know that we will be judged more strictly.^[b]

James 3:1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
James 3:1 tn Grk “will receive a greater judgment.”

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