God’s judgment is hidden from men

If you see a man commit a sin just before he dies, do not pass judgment on him, because God’s judgment is hidden from men. It has happened that men have sinned greatly in the open but have done greater good deeds in secret, so that those who would look down on them have been fooled, with smoke in their eyes instead of sunlight. So listen to me, all you accountants of other people’s faults, listen well; for if, as is certain, it is true that “you will be judged with the same measure you yourselves judge” (Mt. 7:2), then whatever bodily or spiritual sin we ascribe to our neighbor we will surely fall into ourselves.

St. John Climacus
Step 10, on Slander, p. 156 The Ladder of Divine Ascent Partly reworded by AH. Permalink
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