Standards: a level of quality or attainment.
Exemption: the process of freeing or state of being free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.
There are two basic sorts of people, those who measure themselves against standards and those who work to exempt themselves from standards, usually by eliminating measurement. These sorts tend to gravitate to the brightest light or the grossest darkness.
James 4
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
It is far better to find the best standard by which you can live your life, especially one patterned after the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, rather than the fruitless search for exemptions from responsibility for those around you.
