James 3:1
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
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My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
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Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Ezekiel 33:7So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
Matthew 7:1Judge not, that all of you be not judged.
Matthew 10:24The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
Matthew 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for all of you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for all of you neither go in yourselves, neither suffer all of you them that are entering to go in.
Luke 6:37Judge not, and all of you shall not be judged: condemn not, and all of you shall not be condemned: forgive, and all of 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 →