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LUKE 6:37 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 6:36Luke 6:38
“Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:”
Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven — the three positive/negative pairs form the community ethic: no judging, no condemning, active forgiving. The reciprocal structure (you will not be judged, you will be forgiven) communicates that the treatment one gives determines the treatment one receives — not as karma but as the character-formation that shapes one's relationship with God.

Church Fathers on Luke 6:37

The Lord added, that we must not readily judge others, lest when conscious of guilt yourself, you should be compelled to pass sentence upon another.

Ambrose · 4th century

Judge not your superior, that is, you a disciple must not judge your master; nor a sinner the innocent. You must not blame them, but advise and correct with love; neither must we pass judgment in doubtful and indifferent matters, which bear no resemblance to sin, or which are not serious or forbidden.

Chrysostom · 4th century

He here expresses that worst inclination of our thoughts or hearts, which is the first beginning and origin of a proud disdain. For although it becomes men to look into themselves and walk after God, this they do not, but look into the things of others, and while they forget their own passions, behold the infirmities of some, and make them a subject of reproach.

Cyril of Alexandria · 5th century
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