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Why is Matthew 7:1 often misinterpreted

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Why is Matthew 7:1 so often misinterpreted? Why did Jesus say remove the plank from your own eye?

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Reply February 5, 2026
Troy Day

John Mushenhouse because Philip Williams needs to understand that a beam is just that A beam is a beam and not a whole boat. Finding a beam does in a shaft does not mean someone sailed a boat into the mine shaft

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What scripture is Paul referring to in Ephesians 5:14?

In Ephesians we find that light (religious truth) is described as very powerful as it is able to make dead things living just by shining on them.

But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”

(Ephesians 5:13-14, ESV)

However, this is no direct quote of any biblical passage, so I imagine Paul simply puts it in his own words to apply it to the context. But what is ‘it’; what scripture is he paraphrasing here which fully suits the context? Why is it an appropriate verse to quote in this context?

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What scripture is Paul referring to in Ephesians 5:14?

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