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Sunday afternoon session · October 2026 General Conference

Elder Paul H. Sinclair

Quick to Help, Slow to Judge

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In brief

Elder Sinclair recalls a Primary boy who buttoned his sleeve to his lapel and got stuck, and the little girl who quietly freed him while he himself felt only irritation, a moment that taught him to be quick to help and slow to judge. He finds the same pattern in the Savior's treatment of the woman at the well, whom He met with dignity and living water rather than shame. Citing President Oaks's call to seek to be holy like the Savior, he invites members to help new members and friends in more Christlike ways.

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20.3references to Christ per 1,000 words
5questions asked
1direct invitation

Themes in this talk

Ministering 10Identity 1Daily practices 1Witness 1

Number of coded passages from this talk in each theme.

Direct invitations

Sentences where the speaker directly invited, urged, asked or pleaded with us to act, in the exact words.

Be quick to help, slow to judge

“we are invited to reorient our souls so we may help friends and new members in more Christlike ways”

T33.12

Teach this talk

Three ready-to-teach 30-minute lessons built on this talk.

Adults · 30 minutesHelping Hands Before Judging EyesA true disciple of Jesus Christ is quick to help and slow to judge, as the Savior was with the woman at the well.Youth · 30 minutesUnbutton, Don't Roll Your EyesFollowers of Jesus Christ are quick to help and slow to judge; the Savior looks at a person's possible, not only at their past.Children · 30 minutesQuick Helping HandsJesus is kind and quick to help, and I can be quick to help too.

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Key passages

Ministering · quick to help slow to judge

“a true disciple of Jesus Christ is quick to help and slow to judge”

T33.06
Ministering · quick to help slow to judge

“He did not hold her hostage to her history.”

T33.11

Scripture referenced

  • Isaiah 11:6
  • Matthew 7:1–5
  • Luke 6:37–42
  • 3 Nephi 14:1–12
  • Mormon 8:20
  • Matthew 5:38–47
  • Mark 10:45
  • Luke 10:30–37
  • Mosiah 18:8–11
  • Jacob 2:17–19
  • Alma 1:26–27
  • 3 Nephi 13:1–4
  • 3 Nephi 17:5
  • 3 Nephi 17:6, 7
  • John 4:4–42
  • Matthew 19:16–22
  • Luke 23:39–43
  • John 3:1–21
  • John 5:2–15
  • John 18:33–38
  • John 20:11–18
  • John 21:15–19
  • 3 Nephi 18:36
  • 3 Nephi 28:1–3
  • John 4:4
  • John 4:7
  • John 19:28
  • John 19:30
  • Mosiah 26:30
  • John 4:10
  • Mosiah 5:2
  • Psalm 85:10
  • John 4:29
  • Genesis 16
  • verse 13
  • Genesis 16:14
  • Exodus 3:14
  • John 4:26
  • Luke 5:11
  • John 4:28
  • John 13:34–35
  • D&C 46:8–10, 26

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