Judging Judgment

JUDGING JUDGMENT

juj'-ing, juj'-ment: Often in the Old Testament for "to act as a magistrate" (Exodus 18:13 Deuteronomy 1:16; Deuteronomy 16:18, etc.), justice being administered generally by "elders" (Exodus 18:13-27), or "kings" (1 Samuel 8:20) or "priests" (Deuteronomy 18:15); applied to God as the Supreme Judge (Psalm 9:7, 8; Psalm 10:18; Psalm 96:13 Micah 4:3, etc.; Psalm 7:8 "Yahweh ministereth judgment," vividly describes a court scene, with Yahweh as Judge).

Often in the New Testament, ethically, for

(1) "to decide," "give a verdict," "declare an opinion" (Greek krino);

(2) "to investigate," "scrutinize" (Greek anakrino);

(3) "to discriminate," "distinguish" (Greek diakrino).

For (1), see Luke 7:43 Acts 15:19;

for (2) see 1 Corinthians 2:15; 1 Corinthians 4:3;

for (3)see 1 Corinthians 11:31; 1 Corinthians 14:29 m.

Used also forensically in Luke 22:30 Acts 25:10; and applied to God in John 5:22 Hebrews 10:30. The judgments of God are the expression of His justice, the formal declarations of His judgments, whether embodied in words (Deuteronomy 5:1 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "statutes"), or deeds (Exodus 6:6 Revelation 16:7), or in decisions that are yet to be published (Psalm 36:6). Man's consciousness of guilt inevitably associates God's judgments as declarations of the Divine justice, with his own condemnation, i.e. he knows that a strict exercise of justice means his condemnation, and thus "judgment" and "condemnation" become in his mind synonymous (Romans 5:16); hence, the prayer of Psalm 143:2, "Enter not into judgment"; also, John 6:29, "the resurrection of judgment" (the King James Version "damnation"); 1 Corinthians 11:29, "eateth and drinketh judgment" (the King James Version "damnation").

H. E. Jacobs

2920. krisis -- a decision, judgment
... Spelling: (kree'-sis) Short Definition: judging, divine judgment Definition: judging,
judgment, decision, sentence; generally: divine judgment; accusation. ...
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1341. dikaiokrisia -- righteous judgment
... Feminine Transliteration: dikaiokrisia Phonetic Spelling: (dik-ah-yok-ris-ee'-ah)
Short Definition: just judgment Definition: just judging, just judgment. ...
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2919. krino -- to judge, decide
... 1), decided (8), determine (1), determined (2), go to law (1), goes to law (1),
judge (42), judged (25), judges (10), judging (5), judgment (1), pass judgment ...
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350. anakrino -- to examine, investigate
... separating/judging") -- properly, to by vigorously judging "down to up," ie
(investigating) through "the of careful study, evaluation and judgment" (, 1, 27.44 ...
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1252. diakrino -- to distinguish, to judge
... refer to close-reasoning (descrimination) or negatively "over-judging" (going too
far ... 1), made...distinction (1), misgivings (2), pass judgment (1), regards ...
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2922. kriterion -- a law court
... Neuter of a presumed derivative of krites; a rule of judging ("criterion"), ie
(by implication) a tribunal -- to judge, judgment (seat). see GREEK krites. ...
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8199. shaphat -- to judge, govern
... 93), judged (22), judges (36), judges decide (1), judges governed (1),
judges...judged (1), judging (5), plead (1), pleads (1), pronounce judgment (1), ...
/hebrew/8199.htm - 6k

That Although God is Always Judging, it is Nevertheless Reasonable ...
... Book XX. Chapter 1."That Although God is Always Judging, It is Nevertheless Reasonable
to Confine Our Attention in This Book to His Last Judgment. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 1 that although god is.htm

Whether {Synesis} (Judging Well According to Common Law) is a ...
... Further, as stated in the same book (10), {synesis} (judging well according to common
law) is nothing but "a faculty of judging." But judgment without command ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether synesis judging well according.htm

Whether {Gnome} (Judging Well According to General Law) is a ...
... according to common law) extends to all matters of judgment, and consequently there
is no other virtue of good judgment called {gnome} (judging well according ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether gnome judging well according.htm

Judging, Asking, and Giving
... out, in verse 4, a still more subtle form of this harsh judgment, when it ... of our
own undetected and unconquered, we are incapable either of judging or of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/judging asking and giving.htm

Of the Judgment of Christ, of Christians, and of the Soul.
... the caverns of the earth; and then I will raise the dead, loosing fate and the sting
of death; and afterwards I will call them into judgment, judging the life ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xx of the judgment of.htm

The Fourteenth Chapter: Avoiding Rash Judgment
... THOUGHTS HELPFUL IN THE LIFE OF THE SOUL The Fourteenth Chapter: Avoiding Rash Judgment.
TURN your attention upon yourself and beware of judging the deeds of ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the fourteenth chapter avoiding rash.htm

Whether Judgment is an Act of Justice?
... in so far as justice inclines one to judge aright, and of prudence in so far as
prudence pronounces judgment: wherefore {synesis} (judging well according to ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether judgment is an act.htm

On Avoiding Rash Judgment
... in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining ...
do we judge of it; for easily do we fail of true judgment because of our ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter xiv on avoiding rash.htm

Whether any Men Will Judge Together with Christ?
... law?" Since, however, judging denotes an action exercised on another person, it
follows that, properly speaking, he is said to judge who pronounces judgment on ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether any men will judge.htm

Whether at the Coming Judgment the Angels Will be Judged?
... Consequently the judgment will not regard the angels directly, neither as judging
nor as judged, but only men; but it will regard the angels indirectly somewhat ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether at the coming judgment.htm

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