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My brethren, bee not many masters, knowing that we shall receiue the greater condemnation.
- 1611 King James Bible
James 3:1 side note reference: Or, iudgement.
Other Translations of James 3:1
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
- King James Version (Pure Cambridge 'Authorized Version')
Be not many `of you' teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.
- Basic English Bible
Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.
- Darby Bible
Be ye not many masters, my brethren, knowing that you receive the greater judgment.
- Douay Rheims Bible
Jas 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.
- People's Bible
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
- Webster's Bible
Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.
- Weymouth Bible
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
- World English Bible
Mi britheren, nyle ye be maad many maistris, witynge that ye taken the more doom.
- Wycliffe Bible
Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,
- Youngs Literal Bible
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View Wesley's Notes for James 3:1
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 verses, 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.
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