James 3:1

Be ye not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2For we all fail in many things; if any one fails not in word, the same is a perfect man, able even to bridle the whole body.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:1Criticise not, that you may not be criticised.

Matthew 10:24The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the servant above his lord.

Matthew 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut up the kingdom of the heavens against the people: for you do not go in, neither do you permit those coming in to enter.

Luke 6:37And criticise not, and you can not be criticised. Condemn not, and you can not be condemned.

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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