<font color="teal">Taking the word "judge" from the Greek as found in Matthew 7, it is kpivw, (pronounced krino, kree' no.) prop. to distinguish, i.e. decide (mentally or judicially by impli. to try, condemn, punish, avenge, conclude, condemn, damn, decree, determine, esteem, judge, go to (sue at the ) law, ordain, call in question, sentence to, think.

The judgment conveys this way: kpiua ( pronounced krima: kree' mah) a decision ( a function or the effect, for or against ("crime",) avenge, condemn, condemnation , +go to law, judgment.

It is definitely a strong "opinion" and means such in it's definition.

I might add, for those interested, that the word for a rule of judging is kpirhpiov, pronounced: kriterion, which is of course our word in English: criterion.

Of course, there are always - I believe- consequences/results from judging.

The main emphasis is not necessarily whether to judge or not, but how to judge, for however you do that, with whatever barometer you use to measure what you are comparing/judging, you will also be judged/measured by that. I think this was quite evident when Jesus said about the woman, to those wishing Him to condemn her: who among you is without sin, cast the first stone. He knew, as they did, that they then would be opening themselves up to stoning as well.

Sky