“But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.”
You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God's judgment seat. — The imperative shift directly addresses the strong: why diakrino (judge, condemn) or exoutheneo (despise) your adelphos (brother, sister, member of God's family)? All pantess (all without exception) will stand before bema tou Christou (judgment seat of Christ), a future tribunal where all accounts are settled.
Church Fathers on Romans 14:10
“But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you set at nought your brother?” And so he seems to be setting them upon a level, but from that he has said, he shows that the difference between them is great. First then by the appellation of “brother” he does away with disputatiousness, and then also by calling that awful day to their mind. For after saying, “Why do you set at nought your brother?” he proceeds, “For we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ.” And…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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