An Orderly Account – To Judge or Not
First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world,[c] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you. And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.
Behold, this is the day of which the LORD said to you, Behold; I am about to give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it seems good to you.
For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.