Stop judging by the way things look. Be fair and judge by what is really right.”
But if you are treating one person as more important than another, you are sinning. You are guilty of breaking God’s law.
You judge me the way people judge other people. I don’t judge anyone.
My dear brothers and sisters, you are believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. So don’t treat some people better than others.
These are also words from the wise: A judge must be fair. He must not support some people simply because he knows them.
The Lord hates these two things: punishing the innocent and letting the guilty go free.
Doesn’t this show that you think some people are more important than others? You set yourselves up as judges—judges who make bad decisions.
“You must be fair in judgment. You must not show special favor to the poor. And you must not show special favor to important people. You must be fair when you judge your neighbor.
And if you pay them enough money, they will forgive a criminal. But they will not let good people be judged fairly.
He says, “How long will you judge unfairly and show special favors to the wicked?” Selah
“This is what the Lord All-Powerful said: ‘You must do what is right and fair. You must be kind and show mercy to each other.
Then some of the people who lived in Jerusalem said, “This is the man they are trying to kill.
You must look at the facts before you. If you feel sure you belong to Christ, you must remember that we belong to Christ the same as you do.