Judging is permitted and even obligated
All men are everywhere
permitted and even
obliged to assess human claims upon
truth, beauty, or goodness, and to appraise the character,
conduct, and teaching both of themselves and of their fellows.
Lev.19:15; Mt.7:15-19; Lk.12:57; Jn.7:24; 1 Cor.2:15; 5:3, 9-13;
6:1-6; 1 Thess.5:21.
But judgment that is uninformed, impulsive, superficial,
premature, or biased is strictly forbidden in the
Bible…Christians are urged, when they judge, to do it in a
constructive spirit and in accordance with authentic norms.
- Zondervan Pictorial Bible Encyclopedia
