James 3:1
Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 not be judged;
Matthew 10:24"The learner is never superior to his teacher, and the servant is never superior to his master.
Matthew 23:13"But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you lock the door of the Kingdom of the Heavens against men; you yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those to enter who are seeking to do so.
Luke 6:37"Judge not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned; pardon, and you shall be pardoned;
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 →