“Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?”
Have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? — the rhetorical question indicts not merely discrimination but something more serious: the exercise of unjust judgment based on external criteria. To discriminate among believers is to usurp a prerogative belonging to God alone (cf. Romans 14:4) and to reveal 'evil thoughts' (dialogismoi ponēroi), showing that partiality masks covetous and corrupt intentions. The act of discrimination is recharacterized as false judgment and idolatrous preference.
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