James 4:11

Speak not against one another, my brethren; for he who speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law. And if the law thou judgest, thou art not a doer of the law, but the judge of it.

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

In The King James Version

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

In Context

10Be humbled before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

12For one is the appointer of the law and the Judge, who can save and destroy. But thou, who art thou, who judgest thy neighbour?

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Cross References

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

Romans 2:13For not the hearers of the law are righteous before Aloha, but the doers of the law are justified.

Romans 7:12The law therefore is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

Romans 14:10Or thou, also, why despisest thou thy brother? For we shall all stand before the tribunal of the Meshiha:

2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear lest, when I come to you, I should not find you as I wish, but should find you what you would not wish: lest there be contention and envy, and wrath and angry talk, and accusations and murmurings, and pompousness and agitation:

Matthew Henry on James 4:2-11

Origin of War and Contention; Against Pride; Submission to God. ( a. d. 61.) 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever… Read the whole commentary →

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