James 3:1
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 7:1“Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.
Matthew 10:24“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor is a servant above his master.
Matthew 23:13“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive a more severe judgment.
Luke 6:37“Do not judge, and you will certainly not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will certainly not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Matthew Henry on James 3:1
The apostle here reproves ambition, and an arrogant magisterial tongue; and shows the duty and advantage of bridling it because of its power to do mischief. Those who profess religion ought especially to govern their tongues, ver. 1-12 . True wisdom makes men meek, and avoiders of strife and envy: and hereby it may easily be distinguished from a wisdom that is earthly and hypocritical, ver. 13, to the end . Read the whole commentary →