The Christian Magazine James 4:11-12 Speak not evil one of another, brothers. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law… I. Is WHAT WAYS THIS EVIL MAY BE COMMITTED. II. SOME OF THE DETESTABLE QUALITIES AND BAD CONSEQUENCES WHICH ATTEND THIS PRACTICE. 1. It spends much precious time in a very unprofitable and sinful manner. 2. It is a practice which leads people to form false judgments of one another, and is apt to expose those who do so to danger or contempt. 3. This practice necessarily causes the worthy or the innocent to suffer. 4. It is a practice which, in all its parts, tends to sow enmity among men. 5. It is a practice which causes much uneasiness to those who engage in it. 6. It is often the cause of the greatest cruelty and injustice to innocent persons. 7. This practice is one of the most mean and disgraceful possible. (The Christian Magazine.) Parallel Verses KJV: Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. |
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