The Bible Restricts Believers from Judging One Each Other

Hi again,Appreciate your details response, was not what I was expecting but was pleasantly surprised. Now on with the rebuttals!My Rebuttals will be summed up in two points:1. The Condition of the Believer2. The Pericope Adulterae1. The Condition of the BelieverIn the passages you linked, you only provided texts that speak on the condition of sin prior to the person becoming believer. We could get into a detailed debate about the sin nature and original sin, but that would miss the point as we are talking about what the Bible speaks in regards to someone who is a believer.Do Believers Sin?The answer to this question is yes, as is demonstrated by this text. Now does that make them a hypocrite if they judge another believer? Looking to the very next verse we find our answer."If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."[1]If a believer confesses and repents of the sin they have committed, God forgives the sin and cleanses the person of all unrighteousness. The concept of repentance goes totally unmentioned in your argument for believers being unable to judge. A believer who is consistently living in repentance, who is growing in godliness and holiness is in the sight of God according to the Bible, forgiven and righteous, and therefore able to make righteous judgements about unrepentant behavior in others.Here is another text that bolsters my case."No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous."[2]This phrase "keeps on sinning" does not denote a total cessation of sinning, rather the Greek word O37;μαρτ^0;νων is in the present participle and denotes a continual and habitual action. It basically says, that no one who abides in Christ sins in this way and if they do they have not "seen him or known him." He even warns against deception in this area, by stating that the one who practices righteousness is righteous, making it clear that simply a declaration of righteousness is not the point as it must be accompanied by one's behavior and actions.Therefore, even granting your points about the believer still being able to sin, it ignores the point that these two texts illuminate which is that believers repent (and are forgiven and cleansed) and do not continually and habitually sin, or else the genuineness of their faith is revealed to be insufficient. Those who do keep on sinning, and refuse to repent are then subject to the judgement of the Church. Note this is not persecution and mockery, but a recognition of wrong and a cessation of communion in hopes to later restore the person as I pointed out earlier.2. The Pericope AdulteraeThe Pericope Adulterae refers to the passage from John 8:1-7, this text is inadmissable to this conversation because it is explicitly an interpolation, or in other words a textual addition. All four of the great unical codices do not contain this passage, these are notable because they are the earliest manuscripts that contain the entire Greek New Testament.[3] In fact the passage does not appear in a manuscript until the 5th Century in the Codex Bezae.[4] Most translations even include this information within the Bible, although it's content has made it popular in modern times.[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.][5]This passage is therefore non-canonical and thus not applicable to our present argument.Concluding Statements:Though I conclude that there are indeed contradictions in the Bible, I find that most of them are minor in nature and this is not an example of one of them. The idea that the Bible is wrought with contradictions at every turn is a rather shallow and unstudied view, and I find that such views that move to the extreme go beyond the evidence or work too hard to try and find errors.Kind Regards,TrueScotsmanP.S. Totally bombed the wording of my contention in the title. lol[1] 1 John 1:8-9 (ESV)[2] 1 John 3:6-7 (ESV)[3] http://en.wikipedia.org...[4] http://en.wikipedia.org...[5] http://biblehub.com...;[See v.53 for quoted portion]