James 3:1 Parallel Translations

Brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers. You know that we who teach will be judged more severely.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

BBE:

Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.

DBY:

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

ERV:

Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

WEY:

Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.

WBS:

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

WEB:

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

YLT:

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

James 3:1 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 23:8 "But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Romans 2:20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth,

1 Timothy 1:7 wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.

James 1:16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.

James 3:10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:1 My {1} brethren, be not many masters, {2} knowing that we {a} shall receive the greater condemnation.
{1} The sixth part or place: Let no man usurp (as most men ambitiously do) authority to judge and censure others harshly.
(2) A reason: Because they provoke God's anger against themselves, who do so eagerly and harshly condemn others, being themselves guilty and faulty.
(a) Unless we cease from this imperious and proud finding of fault with others.

PNT:

3:1 The Control of the Tongue
SUMMARY OF JAMES 3:
Aspiring to Teachership. The Power of the Tongue. Its Untamable Nature. Its Contradictory Uses. Wisdom Shown in Its Proper Control. The Wisdom from Above Described.
My brethren, be not many masters. Do not many of you seek to be teachers. The office of public teaching in the church is meant.
Knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. Those who profess to teach others will be judged more strictly than those of humbler professions. See Mt 7:1. Of those who have much, much is required. See Lu 12:48. A lesson is to be given on the tongue. He who teaches will be held strictly to account for the manner in which he uses it.

WES:

3:1 Be not many teachers - Let no more of you take this upon you than God thrusts out; seeing it is so hard not to offend in speaking much. Knowing that we - That all who thrust themselves into the office. Shall receive greater condemnation - For more offences. St. James here, as in several of the following verse s, by a common figure of speech, includes himself: we shall receive, - we offend, - we put bits, - we curse - None of which, as common sense shows, are to be interpreted either of him or of the other apostles.

MHC:

3:1-12 We are taught to dread an unruly tongue, as one of the greatest evils. The affairs of mankind are thrown into confusion by the tongues of men. Every age of the world, and every condition of life, private or public, affords examples of this. Hell has more to do in promoting the fire of the tongue than men generally think; and whenever men's tongues are employed in sinful ways, they are set on fire of hell. No man can tame the tongue without Divine grace and assistance. The apostle does not represent it as impossible, but as extremely difficult. Other sins decay with age, this many times gets worse; we grow more froward and fretful, as natural strength decays, and the days come on in which we have no pleasure. When other sins are tamed and subdued by the infirmities of age, the spirit often grows more tart, nature being drawn down to the dregs, and the words used become more passionate. That man's tongue confutes itself, which at one time pretends to adore the perfections of God, and to refer all things to him; and at another time condemns even good men, if they do not use the same words and expressions. True religion will not admit of contradictions: how many sins would be prevented, if men would always be consistent! Pious and edifying language is the genuine produce of a sanctified heart; and none who understand Christianity, expect to hear curses, lies, boastings, and revilings from a true believer's mouth, any more than they look for the fruit of one tree from another. But facts prove that more professors succeed in bridling their senses and appetites, than in duly restraining their tongues. Then, depending on Divine grace, let us take heed to bless and curse not; and let us aim to be consistent in our words and actions.

CONC:

Brethren Brothers Condemnation Eager Greater Hardly Heavier Incur Judged Judgement Judgment Masters Receive Severer Stricter Strictly Strictness Teach Teachers Undergo

Condemnation Eager Greater Hardly Heavier Incur Judged Judgement Judgment Masters Others Receive Severer Teach Teachers Undergo

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved.

Online Parallel Bible