All of which illustrates your woeful lack of knowledge on this subject.

So now that we've established that you don't know anything about the translation and transmission of the bible, don't bother to say anything further about it...you are speaking from a place of ignorance.

I've done a LOT of studying in this area and have no issues with many translations; 99% are fine, some better than others but in no way does that mean that no version can be correct.

I'd discuss any specifics about the certain translation choices but since you don't actually know anything about it, it would be a waste of time.

You're probably referring to Matthew 7:1 where it says, "Do not judge lest you be judged".

This passage has erroneously been used to suggest that believers should never evaluate or criticize anyone for anything. Today, people hate absolutes, especially theological and moral absolutes, and such simplistic interpretation provides a convenient escape from confrontation. People in modern society, including many professing Christians, tend to resist dogmatism and strong convictions about right and wrong. Folks prefer to speak of an all-inclusive love, compromise, ecumenism, and unity.

This passage nor any other part of Scripture does not teach that we are never to evaluate, criticize, or condemn the actions or teachings of another person.

If this part of the greatest sermon by our Lord teaches anything, it teaches His followers to be discerning and perceptive in what they believe and in what they do. They must make every effort to judge between truth and falsehood, between the internal and the external, between reality and sham, between true righteousness and false righteousness, in short, between God's ways and all other ways.

In the context of this sermon, what Jesus here forbids is self-righteous, officious, hasty, unmerciful, prejudiced, and unwarranted condemnation based on human standards and human understanding.

In particular, that's what the Pharisees were doing.


If you want to get a better understanding of this whole "judgment thing", maybe you could get your Pastor/wife to teach and preach on it. However, to get it right it would require actual study of God's Word.

My pastor had an interesting trip to the podium. After discharge from the Army Rangers, he went into law enforcement, eventually ending up with the DEA. There he spent 10 years in Columbia as an agent, and one year in New York undercover with the Mafia. After 20 years he retired, became sheriff in an Arizona county. At one point he had a heart attack and died, had a near death experience and came back. That persuaded him to go into the ministry. He still carries, even on Sunday. When it's time to preach, he bounds up onto the stage like a 20 year old. He's over 80 years old, with no sign of slowing down.