Matthew 7:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. ”

Matthew 7:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

With what judgment ... - This was a proverb among the Jews. It expressed a truth; and Christ did not hesitate to adopt it as conveying his own sentiments. It refers no less to the way in which pe...
Matthew 7:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Against Judging ( Luke 6:37 f., Luke 6:41 f.)· Mt. here returns (from Matthew 5:48 ) to the Sermon as it stood in Q. The subjects of the kingdom are warned against a censorious habit of mind; j...
Matthew 7:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

with what, &c. Figure of speech Paroemia . App-6. again. All the critical texts omit. App-94.
Matthew 7:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1325 AGAINST UNCHARITABLE JUDGING Matthew 7:1-2 . Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be meas...
Matthew 7:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. For with what judgment - He who is severe on others will naturally excite their...
Matthew 7:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judge not, &c.— Our Saviour, having condemned worldly-mindedness in the general, proceeds to forbid allrash and unfavourable judgments, whether of the characters of others in general, or of the...
Matthew 7:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measu...
Matthew 7:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

On the habit of criticising others ( Luke 6:37-42 ). St. Luke's account is here the fuller, and he places the section in a more satisfactory relation to what goes before. Our Lord condemns all form...
Matthew 7:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

With what judgment ye judge.... — Here again truth takes the form of a seeming paradox. The unjust judgment of man does not bring upon us a divine judgment which is also unjust; but the severity wh...
Matthew 7:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the M...
Matthew 7:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judging Self; Asking God; Serving Others Matthew 7:1-12 There is abundant need for a right and sound judgment, illumined by the Spirit of truth; but there is a world of difference between it an...
Matthew 7:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up the standard of judgment. No man is to be his brother's jud...
Matthew 7:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass over the several most blessed things which the Lord Jesus here treats of, as being in themselves so plain, and by Him so beautifully expressed, as to render all explanation unnecessary. But I...
Matthew 7:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

AGAINST RASH JUDGMENT ‘Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.’ Matthew 7:1-2...
Matthew 7:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged ,.... Both by God and men; to which agree those proverbial sentences used by the Jews; "He that judgeth his neighbour according to the balance of...
Matthew 7:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Ver. 2. For with what judgment ye judge, &c. ] Our Saviour sets forth wh...
Matthew 7:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judge not Our Lord now proceeds to warn us against the chief hinderances of holiness. And how wisely does he begin with judging! Wherein all young converts are so apt to spend that zeal which is...
Matthew 7:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in Scripture. Believers are told to "judge" what Paul says ( 1 Corinthian...
Matthew 7:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what...
Matthew 7:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 1,2. Our Saviour must not be understood here prohibiting any judgment, which is elsewhere in holy writ allowed, for the Holy Spirit doth not command and prohibit the same thing; whence it if evi...
Matthew 7:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Do not judge, in order that you are not judged, For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged, And with what measure you measure, it will be measured to you. Clearly the first question here...
Matthew 7:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 7:3 . Mote. —The Greek noun so translated means a stalk, or twig. The illustration seems to have been a familiar one among the Jews, and a proverb all but verbally identic...
Matthew 7:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:1-6 The law kept by sympathy. "Judge not, that ye be not judged." This word of Christ's implies I. That we are not to be eager to spy out our neighbour's faults, for that is not worthy,...
Matthew 7:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:1-2 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Use your judgment, of cour...
Matthew 7:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:1 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent,...
Matthew 7:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 7:1-40 (2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards ( Matthew 6:19-40 ), so does censoriousness manwards ( Matthew 7:1-40 ), our Lord thus tacitly...
Matthew 7:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning against Unauthorized Judging and Admonition to Persevere in Prayer. A lesson from the Eighth Commandment:
Matthew 7:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 9:6 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:6 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:7 ; James 2:13 ; Jeremiah 51:24 ; Judges 1:7 ; Luke 6:38 ; Mark 4:24 ; Obadiah 1:15 ; Psalms 137:7 ; Psalms 137:8 ; Psalms 18:2...
Matthew 7:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 7:1-29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that we should not judge one another. There is probably no...
Matthew 7:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you — Awful words! So we may, as it were, choose for ourselves, whether God shall be severe or merciful to us. God and man will favour the candid...

Matthew 7:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 7:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 7:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 7:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 7:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 7:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 7:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 7:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 7:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 7:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 7:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 7:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 7:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 7:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 7:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 7:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 7:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 7:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 7:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 7:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 7:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 7:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 7:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 7:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes