Mat 07:01-05; 1 “Judge not; 4 Let me; 5 first take the log out

Mat 7:1  “Judge not, that you be not judged. 
4  Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5  You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

Imperative: Mat 07:01-05 “Judge not … first take the log out

Context: 

Mat 7:1  “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2  For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. 3  Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4  Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5  You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

V-PMA-2P = Verb – Tense: Present/Mood: Imperative/Voice: Active – Person: 2nd Person Plural

1

1   3361 [e] 1   Mē 1   Μὴ 1   not 1   Adv

2919 [e] krinete κρίνετε  , do judge V-PMA-2P

V-AMA-2S = Verb – Tense: Aorist/Mood: Imperative/Voice: Active – Person: 2nd Person Singular

4

863 [e]
Aphes
Ἄφες
Permit that

V-AMA-2S

3708 [e]
idou
ἰδοὺ  ,
behold

V-AMA-2S

5

1544 [e] ekbale ἔκβαλε cast out V-AMA-2S

4412 [e] prōton πρῶτον first Adv-S

Mat 7:1 “Judge not, that you be not judged.

Mat 7:5  You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye,

Command text.

NOTE (my commentary)

DISCERNMENT QUESTIONS
What does this quote say?
What does it say that I should obey?
What is the wish? What are the outcomes?
What are the basic steps?
What are the obstacles?
Who needs to hear this?

RESOURCES

SOURCE – Footnotes:
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Link to Greek Interlinear text: https://biblehub.com/interlinear/matthew/7.htm

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