You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.
Parallel translations
- KJV Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
- BSB You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
- NKJV You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
- NASB You judge according to the flesh; I am not judging anyone.
- NLT You judge me by human standards, but I do not judge anyone.
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- 1 Sam 16:7But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
- John 7:24Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
- John 12:47If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
- John 3:17For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
- Rom 2:1Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
- John 18:36Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”
- 1 Cor 2:15But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
- 1 Cor 4:3–5But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man’s judgment. Yes, I don’t judge my own self.
- Ps 94:20–21Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
- John 8:11She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”
- Amos 5:7You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:
- Amos 6:12Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;
- Ps 58:1–2For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
- Luke 12:14But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”
- Hab 1:4Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.
- Jas 2:4haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
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