Our neighbours and our sins

And Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.  “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?  How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. (Matthew 7: 1-5)

Jesus forbids the judgment of absolute condemnation of our neighbours. Yet he does not forbid condemnation of sin and calls us to an endless fight against it. The sinner's condemnation, however, belongs only to God. It is He who pronounces judgement, but not before having sought in all ways possible to convert and lead sinners to seek His mercy. So let's focus on our own daily conversion rather than on the sins of our neighbours.