“Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.”
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who are judging are doing the same things. The transition from pagan humanity to the Jewish judge creates a dramatic rhetorical pivot. The one who passes judgment is complicit in the very sins condemned in chapter 1. This ironic exposure reveals the universal human condition: all stand under God's judgment, including those who imagine themselves righteous.
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