James 4:11
Do not speak evil one of another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
12There is one law-giver that is able to save, and to destroy: who are you that judge another?
Cross References
Luke 6:37Judge not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.
Romans 2:13in the day when God shall judge the secret works of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
Romans 7:12Therefore, the law is holy, and the commandment, holy and just and good.
Romans 14:10But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For we all shall stand before the judgment-seat of the Christ.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest when I come I shall find you not, such as I wish, and I shall be found by you not such as you wish: lest there shall be contentions, envies, excitements, strife, evil speaking, whisperings, party spirit, disorderly conduct:
Matthew Henry on James 4:2-11
Origin of War and Contention; Against Pride; Submission to God. ( a. d. 61.) 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever… Read the whole commentary →