WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO JUDGE IN THE GREEK? THE WORD JUDGE NOT LEST YOU BE JUDGED? Some cite Matthew 7:1 as proof that we should do no judging whatsoever: Judge not, that you be not judged. Here, the Greek word for judge is krino, meaning to condemn, avenge, damn, sentence, or levy a punishment. Christ plainly says that if we condemn others, we will be condemned ourselves. Dangerous territory indeed! 1. krino (Greek #2919) Definition: “Properly to distinguish, that is, decide (mentally or judicially); by implication to try, condemn, punish.” Translated as: “avenge, conclude, condemn, damn, decree, determine, esteem, judge, go to (sue at the) law, ordain, call in question, sentence to, think.” - The word “avenge” was used once in the “authorized” KJV. The Revised version uses “judged” in Revelation 18:20: “Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints and ye apostles and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her!” - The word “concluded” was used once in the “authorized” KJV. The Revised version uses “judgment” in Acts 21:25: “But as touching the Gentiles which have believed, we wrote giving judgment that they should keep themselves from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication [idolatry Greek 4202].” (So often, when using some words, we have to consider the “figurative” use.) The context will usually indicate whether it is used figuratively or not. - The word “condemned” was used twice in the same verse in the “authorized” KJV. The Revised version uses “judged” in John 3:18: “He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.” In the 17th verse, “condemn” was used in the “authorized” KJV. But again, we find it translated “judge” in the Revised version: “For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.” (John 3:17) - The word “condemneth” was used in the “authorized” KJV. The Revised version uses “judgeth” in Romans 14:22: “The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that which he approveth.” - The word “condemning” was used in both the Revised and the “authorized” KJV in Acts 13:27: “For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath fulfilled them by condemning him.”- The word “damned” was used in the “authorized” KJV. The Revised version uses “judged” in 2 Thessalonians 2:12: “That they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
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