Lifespring! One Year Bible Rewind is a daily journey through the entire Bible in a year. In today’s episode, Steve reads 1 Corinthians 5–6 and reflects on why “judge not” is often misunderstood. Paul calls the church to take sin seriously without slipping into hypocrisy, and Jesus’ words in Matthew 7 help us keep our own hearts clear while we pursue restoration with love.

Today’s Reading

• 1 Corinthians 5
• 1 Corinthians 6

Read today’s passages on BibleGateway:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%205-6&version=NASB

Episode Title

Nobody Likes a Hypocrite

Segments & Timestamps

• Cold Open – 00:00:00.100
• Intro – 00:00:03.200
• 1 Corinthians 5 – 00:01:16.560
• 1 Corinthians 6 – 00:03:08.906
• Commentary – 00:06:03.060
• Comments – 00:09:13.180
• Lifespring! Family Hotline – 00:10:41.139
• Support – 00:11:04.633
• On This Date in Church History – 00:12:08.407
• Praises and Prayer Requests – 00:14:52.360
• Outro – 00:18:41.600
• Song: “Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go” (begins) – 00:19:15.469

Commentary Notes

Paul’s instruction in 1 Corinthians 5 is direct: the church can’t shrug at sin and call it love. But when people hear “don’t judge,” they often assume we’re never allowed to confront evil or call wrongdoing what it is. Jesus’ point in Matthew 7 is not that discernment is forbidden. His target is hypocrisy: the log-in-your-own-eye problem. When we keep our account with God clear, we can address sin in a way that aims for repentance, restoration, and real health in the body of Christ.

In other words, the goal is not to win an argument or shame someone. The goal is to love them enough to tell the truth, while refusing to hide our own compromise behind religious words.

Related (Got Questions):
https://www.gotquestions.org/judge-not-yet-judge.html

Listener Note & Memory Verse

Joy Kurtz wrote in with a great idea: adding a memory verse from the day’s reading. Today’s verse is 1 Corinthians 6:11 — “And such were some of you, but you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”

On This Date in Church History

December 28: the Great Bible and the open Bible movement, plus a look at Zachary Macaulay and the Clapham Sect’s faith-in-action legacy.

Prayer

Today we pray for Joy Kurtz, for Diana (Scott Snyder’s wife) as she approaches testing, and we thank God for encouraging reports regarding the Lovely Lady LeeAnn’s eye pressure and the benign thyroid biopsy.

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About Bryan Duncan

Today’s sign-off includes a special song shared by Steve’s friend Bryan Duncan, from the album Quiet Prayers, My Utmost for His Highest.

Also: Steve interviewed Bryan on the Lifespring! show in 2005:
https://lifespringmedia.com/lifespring-podcast/lifespring-52-interview-with-bryan-duncan/

Contact

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