“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.
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