Galatians 2: 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
The story of the adulteress (John 7:53–8:11) is a later addition not present in the earliest and most reliable manuscripts (such as P66, P75, Sinaiticus, and Vaticanus). In short, it does not appear in major early Greek manuscripts before the 5th century AD.
There were 2 reasons it got exposed as work of the Catholic Church: one, it did not appear in older manuscripts, and secondly, the Greek verb katagrafō (used in 8:6, changing to graphō in 8:8) is highly unusual. Many scholars believe this phrasing was deliberately inserted to mirror God’s finger writing the law in Exodus 31:18, presenting Jesus as the divine Lawgiver rewriting the Law, or creating a legal, accusatory record against the Pharisees.
Talk to any Catholic about their corrupt belief, and their first line of defence is thou shalt not judge. It was with this intention that they inserted this story of the woman (they claim it was verbally handed down for 400 years!).
In today’s scripture, we see Paul judging Peter. He was not judging Peter in himself but judging his actions, his words.
To be brief, we are not called to judge those who do not believe in God/Christ, but are called to judge those who believe in Him. We are called not to judge if they will or will not go to Heaven unless God has revealed to us, and also not to judge if they are possessed by an evil spirit unless the spirit manifests itself or the Lord, through His Spirit, reveals to us. Jesus warns we will have to answer for this on Judgment Day.
Let us not be foolish in blindly accepting what Christians say or do, but discern it, even if the person is a Church leader or an anointed Man of God. The people of Berea did the same to Paul, and Paul had high respect for them. But also let us not be foolish to call people who do not know God as demonic people, for we never know they are lost sheep awaiting a messenger to share the Gospel with them.
Yesterday I witnessed the baptism of a young radical Hindu, and hearing his passion for Christ got many to put their heads down in shame. His journey started with a YouTube video.
While we judge our brethren, let us most importantly not fail to judge ourselves first.
[Prayer Starter]
Lord, You are Almighty God. You are God, and yet You, in Your Word, invite us to test/taste You to see how Good You are. Lord, we pray that we learn to discern as we mature. We discern things around but also people, especially their words and actions. Help us not hold back to rebuke and correct a brethren who is falling so that we are not questioned for his blood on judgment day…
This prayer we make in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
[Reference Scriptures]
1 Corinthians 5:9-13
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
Matthew 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca [without spirit/salvation], shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool [godless/having an evil spirit], shall be in danger of hell fire.
Dated 06 April 2026
Bro Rollwyn