1. Judge not.]3. Relation to our neighbor in the kingdom. Here we have, first, a warning against rash judgments [vv. 1–5]; secondly, a recommendation of prudence [v. 6]; thirdly, an instruction as to how we may obtain the necessary help [vv. 7–11]; finally, we are advised to do to our neighbor as God does to us [v. 12]. Commentators differ greatly concerning the connection of this section with the preceding. Some are inclined to regard the whole sermon as a mere collection of moral principles, something
Matthew 7:1–12