24Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
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And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: …
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-36)Here is, I. Christ’s public preaching in the temple (John 7:14): He went up into the temple, and taught , according to his custom when he was at Jerusalem. His business was to preach the gospel of the kingdom, and he did it in every place of concourse. His sermon is not recorded, because, probably, it was to the same purport with the sermons he had preached in Galilee, which were recorded by the o…
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