Matthew 7: 1-6 "1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 6
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. " Interpreting doctrine is fine, but what is occuring on this thread is going beyond that. As a Catholic I do not attempt to interpret Protestant doctrine, I'd be just as happy if Protestants felt equally obliged. Those who feel they need to take mote out of my eye better pull the beam out of their's first.
Cheers,
CSG
That verse is not referring to doctrinal judging.
And obviously, we have to do some judging.....in fact, other verses tell us to commit "righteous judgment."
If we can't judge at all, we can't spread the gospel because that involves telling people they are sinners.
There is a hypocritical judging for sins that we commit ourselves, which is wrong. That is what is being discussed thre.
Peace.