Have you ever met a hypocrite and thought to yourself, “I want to be just like them”? Probably not.

Hypocrisy is almost universally despised and yet we can all play the part from time to time.

In this week’s passage the apostle Paul is going to warn the moralist against the hypocritical judgement of others. The reality is that even if our morals make us distinct from the culture at large, they never place us above it, and they certainly cannot save us.