11. Brothers, do not say bad things about each other. If you say bad things about your brother in Christ or judge him, then you are saying bad things about the law he follows. You are also judging the law he follows. And when you are judging the law, you are not a follower of the law. You have become a judge!
12. God is the only One who makes laws, and he is the only Judge. He is the only One who can save and destroy. So it is not right for you to judge your neighbor.
13. Some of you say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to some city. We will stay there a year, do business, and make money.”
14. But you do not know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a mist. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.
15. So you should say, “If the Lord wants, we will live and do this or that.”
16. But now you are proud and you brag. All of this bragging is wrong.
17. And when a person knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, then he is sinning.