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AA33
Guarding Against Hypocrites & Not Being a Hypocrite

AA33

We are to guard against hypocrites & not be a hypocrite.

Category: Godliness, Holiness & Righteousness

Type: Negative

Form: Explicit

Source dataset: New Testament

Uniqueness: Not unique

Classical commandment: No

New Covenant Literal Application

Applies to Person Categories: Not specified

Literal Application: Not specified

More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application

The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.

It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.

This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.

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Bible references

Key NT Scriptures
  • Luke 6:42
  • Luke 12:1
  • 1 Peter 2:1
Supportive NT Scriptures
  • James 3:17
  • Luke 11:46
  • Matthew 6:5
  • Matthew 7:4-5
  • Matthew 23:13-15
  • Matthew 23:23
  • Matthew 23:25
  • Matthew 23:26-29
Supportive OT Scriptures
  • Job 8:13
  • Proverbs 11:9
  • Psalms 26:4

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Commentary

Rabbi Michael Rudolph

Hypocrisy is advocating a standard or belief to which we ourselves do not adhere, or to which our behaviors do not conform. We sometimes hear that we should not preach to our brother to do that which we ourselves do not do because it is hypocritical. It is indeed hypocritical, but it is not a correct saying. The correct saying is revealed in Matthew 7:4-5 : “How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the splinter out of your eye,' when you have the log in your own eye? You hypocrite! First, take the log out of your own eye; then you will see clearly, so that you can remove the splinter from your brother's eye!” We should not hesitate to bring correction our brother when it is needed; however we should correct ourselves first so that our subsequent correction of our brother will not be hypocritical.


Copyright © Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster, The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective - Volume 3

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Based on The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective by Michael Rudolph and Daniel C. Juster.

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Disclaimer: the original content is authored by Rabbi Michael Rudolph and Rabbi Daniel Juster; additional notes or implementation details on this website are not part of their original work and do not represent their views.

Record source: The Law of Messiah - Torah from a New Covenant Perspective - Volume 3

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