Do not slander one another.
—James 4:11
Do you ever bad-mouth a sister or brother? If so, I have it on good authority that you need to cut it out.
“Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it” (Jas 4:11).
The “royal law” is the law of love (Jas 2:8). Wandering off the path of love into the toxic underbrush of faultfinding installs us as a judge of the law rather than a doer of it. In assuming the position as a judge of the law, we usurp the authority of God—for verse 12 says there is only one Lawgiver and Judge. Only one.
Judging others is only a symptom of the disease.
The disease is arrogance.