25:31; 26:64). This prohibition is closely related to previous commands that the disciples must seek reconciliation (5:21–26), love their enemies (5:43–48), and forgive those who injure them (6:12, 14–15; cf. 18:21–22). It amounts to a specific instance of the practice of the Golden Rule (7:12). But this prohibition of judgmentalism does not rule out the need for spiritual discernment (7:6). Matthew 7:1 is certainly one of the most misquoted verses in the NT. The cause of ethical relativism is often