For, among human beings, who knows a man's inner thoughts except the man's own spirit within him? In the same way, also, only God's Spirit is acquainted with God's inner thoughts.

His secret, inner heart will become known, and so he will bow down to the ground and worship God, declaring, "God is truly among you!"

So do not criticize at all; the hour of reckoning has still to come, when the Lord will come to bring dark secrets to the light and to reveal life's inner aims and motives. Then each of us will get his meed of praise from God.

It is of little importance to me that I should be evaluated by you or by any human court. In fact, I don’t even evaluate myself.

Does anyone among you, [if he] has a matter against someone else, dare to go to court before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

But brother goes to court with brother, and this before unbelievers!