“Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest; for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things” (v. 1). The hypocrite feels that other men’s sins are worse than his own. He compares himself with the drunkard, the harlot and the hoodlum, and prides himself on his own church membership, morality and respectability. The comparison is, of course, very flattering to himself. The mistake
Romans 2:1–2