I
won't even judge myself
But with me it is a very small
thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: more
that this, I judge not mine own self. - 1Cor. 4:3
I do not attempt to pronounce a judgment on myself. I am
conscious of imperfection, and of being biased by self-love
in my own favor. I do not feel that my judgment of myself
would be strictly impartial, and in all respects to be trusted.
Favorable as may be my opinion, yet I am sensible that I may be
biased. This is designed to soften what he had just said about
their judging him, and to show further the little value which is
to be put on the judgment which man may form. “If I do not
regard my own opinion of myself as of high value, I cannot be
suspected of undervaluing you when I say that I do not much
regard your opinion; and if I do not estimate highly my own
opinion of myself, then it is not to be expected that I should
set a high value on the opinions of others.” God only is the
infallible Judge; and as we and our fellow-men are liable to be
biased in our opinions, from envy, ignorance, or self-love, we
should regard the judgment of the world as of little value.
- Albert Barnes, Barnes New Testament Notes
