Should Christians judge others or not?

1 Corinthians 2:15-16, "The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment: 'For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?' [Isaiah 40:13] But we have the mind of Christ."

1 Corinthians 4:3-5, "I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God."

According to 1 Corinthians chapter 2, "the spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment." However, according to 1 Corinthians chapter 4, the author of the previous passage also states, "It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes."


        "Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." (Ecclesiastes 7:3-4, KJV)
        "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 8:15, KJV)

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