Doesn the Bible say not to judge?
Yes. However, you may not understand what that means. It means not to judge unrighteously, it means not to judge using your human judgment, and it means not to judge hypocritically. In other words, don’t substitute your judgment for God’s, and don’t judge other people when you are guilty of impenitently engaging in the same sins (i.e., Don’t cast the first stone). However, there are several verses in the Bible where we are told to judge. “Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment” John 7:24. “But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man” I Corinthians 2:15. “Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?” I Corinthians 6:2. Many people use the story of the woman taken in adultery as an excuse to not ever preach to anyone. The simple truth of the matter is that Christ not only preached at the woman, but also at all of her accusers. B
