What is God's judgment according to, and does it cover covert sins?
God's judgment is according to truth, and it does cover covert sins. It addresses not only outward acts but hidden thoughts and mental guilt, so even those who only commit such things inwardly are not exempt. No one who judges others while doing the same escapes that judgment.
Les teaches that the judgment of God is according to truth, as stated in verse 2, and that it reaches even sins committed covertly. The context warns against hypocrisy: the person who judges another condemns himself because he does the same things. Les explains that people may not do wrong overtly, but they can do it covertly or in their thinking processes. He notes that everyone has thoughts they would hate to admit, and these are not hidden from God's truth-based judgment. Jesus' teaching on adultery illustrates this: even thinking it in the heart makes a person just as guilty as the one who commits the act, so none of us are clear. Thus God's judgment according to truth covers both outward deeds and inward thoughts.
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
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Does God judge people for sins they commit secretly in their mind?
God's judgment is according to truth, so He judges people for sins they commit covertly or only in their thoughts, not just for their outward actions.