James 3:1

My brethren, let not many of you be teachers, knowing that as such we shall be judged more strictly.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2For we all stumble in many ways. If any man does not stumble in his words, he is a perfect man, and able also to bridle his whole body.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:1Judge not, that you may not be judged.

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

Matthew 23:13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

Luke 6:37Do not judge, and you shall not be judged: do not condemn, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall 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 →

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