“There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?”
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor? — the sole authority (monos) belongs to the Lawgiver and Judge (nomotheteō, one who establishes law; krinō). This figure (God/Christ) alone possesses the power (dynamis) to save (sōzō) and destroy (apollymi). The rhetorical question 'who are you?' marks the absurdity of human presumption to judge. Judgment belongs exclusively to God.
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