James 4

Does not judge the different brother

11 Μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων, ἀδελφοί. Ὁ γὰρ*γαρ f35 [26%] ¦ --- ℵA,B [74%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (The conjunction makes the reason for the exhortation overt; without it that semantic connection is not clear.) καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ καὶ*και f35 (84.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ η 𝕻100ℵA,B (15.3%) NU ¦ --- (0.4%) κρίνων τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καὶ κρίνει νόμον. Εἰ δὲ νόμον κρίνεις, οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου ἀλλὰ κριτής. 12 Εἷς ἐστιν ὁ*ο f35 ℵA [96.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ --- 𝕻100B [3.5%] Νομοθέτης καὶ Κριτής,*και κριτης f35 ℵA,B [62%] OC,NU ¦ --- [38%] RP,HF,TR,CP (The omission could be the result of homoioteleuton: -ΤΗϹ … -ΤΗϹ.) ὁ δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι. Σὺ δὲ*δε f35 𝕻100ℵA,B [94%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ --- [6%] TR τίς εἶ ὃς κρίνεις*ος κρινεις f35 [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ο κρινων 𝕻100ℵA,B [15%] NU τὸν ἕτερον;*ετερον f35 [88%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ πλησιον ℵA,B [12%] NU [The Alexandrian variant destroys the point of the paragraph. Each person is different (background, experiences, personality, training) and we must recognize that God can and will deal differently with different people. He uses one ‘law’ with me, another ‘law’ with you, and so on. A law is a set of rules or demands, so when I judge a brother I am questioning the way (‘law’) that God is working on him. As He is both Lawgiver and Judge, I will have to answer to Him for how I judged my ‘brothers’.]