James 4:11

We are not to speak evil against one another. In saying this, James adds the notion of not judging others. This seems a bit odd because 1 Corinthians 5 provides a situation in which we are to judge those within the church. However, in this context, it is somewhat different. This notion of speaking evil or judging another is the same as speaking evil or judging the law. Do you really want to do such a thing against the law? What becomes of this person is that he is no longer a doer of the law, but a judge of the law. It seems that one cannot be both, but being a judge of the law deems him unfit to be a doer of the law. One way that this may happen is that the person judges another in such a way that he thinks himself above the law and thus a judge of it. This is different from the type of judgment that takes place is 1 Corinthians 5, which is a casting out of evil from the church, which probably happens after repentance and reconciliation has been attempted.