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670 B
why do you judge your brother? And you, why do you despise your brother?
By using these questions, Paul is demonstrating how he might need to scold individuals among his readers. Alternate translation: "it is wrong for you to judge your brother, and it is wrong for you to despise your brother!" or "stop judging and despising your brother!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you)
brother
Here this means a fellow Christian, male or female.
For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God
The "judgment seat" refers to God's authority to judge. Alternate translation: "For God will judge us all" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)