7:1
Oh dear, this is one of the most oft quoted verses in the Bible, but also the most misused. If someone says “do not judge” then you can be almost certain that the next thing they are going to say is unbiblical nonsense. This is primarily an instruction about judging people not actions, yet people often use it as a weapon against anyone who says what they are doing is wrong. Obviously we are not to be perpetually fault finding, such people really are a menace, but there is a time to say that certain actions are wrong. However, if a brother does something wrong, and that is not a sin that I commit, that does not mean that I am a better person than he is. Only God knows that, and all of us have fallen short of the glory of God.
7:2
If we do have a judgemental attitude towards others, then God will treat us in the same way. Now why would He do this? In order to bring us to our senses. So if we do point out a sin or fault to a person we do not do it in order to prove ourselves better than them, or to do them down. We do it in order to get them back on a growth path.
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