James 3:1
Do not become many teachers, my brothers, because you know well that we teachers shall be judged by a severer standard than others.
Montgomery New Testament
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"Judge not, that you may be judged, yourselves;
Matthew 10:24"A pupil is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his masters.
Matthew 23:13"But woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces; for you do not enter, yourselves, nor do you permit those who are about to come in, to enter.
Luke 6:37"Do not judge, and you shall not be judged; Do not condemn, and you shall 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 →