James 3:1

LET there not be many teachers among you, my brethren, but know that a greater condemnation we incur.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

In Context

2For (in) many we all offend. Every one who in word offendeth not, this is a perfect man, who is able to make subject also all his body.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:1JUDGE not, that you be not judged.

Matthew 10:24The disciple is not greater than his master, nor the servant than his lord.

Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites! because you hold the kingdom of heaven closed before the children of men; for you will not enter in yourselves, and them who are entering you will not permit to enter.

Luke 6:37JUDGE not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned; release, and you shall be released;

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 →

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