Moreover As for what remains to be done in the discharge of this office; it is required of stewards Since they also, as well as lower servants in the family, are subject to account; that a man be found faithful That he act according to his commission, and neither withhold any privilege, or any part of God's will from the people; nor deliver his own notions as the will of God, nor take more authority upon him than God has given him; as also that he discover and communicate divine truths and blessings as the hearers are able to receive them. With me it is a very small thing A thing that concerns me very little; that I should be judged of you Ινα ανακριθω, that I should be examined, as the word properly signifies, namely, in order to the being judged, or to a judicial sentence being passed, which is evidently the meaning of the same word in the last clause of the verse; or of man's judgment A judgment passed by any man whatsoever, though in the most solemn manner. The original expression, ανθρωπινης ημερας, is literally, human day; namely, of judgment, in allusion to the great day of judgment. Yea, I judge not myself Namely, finally, infallibly, definitively: my final state is not to be determined by my own judgment. For I know nothing by myself I am not conscious to myself of doing any thing evil, or of any unfaithfulness or negligence in the discharge of my ministry; yet am I not hereby justified Acquitted from all fault in God's sight, who observes those failings in us which we cannot discern in ourselves; for who can understand his errors?
Psalms 19:12: or, I do not depend on my own conscience not condemning me, as a sufficient justification of myself in God's sight: but he that judgeth me is the Lord By his sentence I must stand or fall. Therefore judge nothing before the time Appointed for judging all men; until the Lord come To judge the world in righteousness; who In order to pass a righteous judgment, which otherwise would be impossible; will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness The things covered with the veil of impenetrable obscurity, and will make manifest the counsels of the heart The most secret springs of action, the principles and intentions of every heart: and then shall every man Who is sincere, faithful, and praiseworthy; have praise of God Both commendation and reward.