1Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.


In Context

1 Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.

3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.

James 3:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:1My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:1Be ye not many masters, my brethren, knowing that you receive the greater judgment.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:1Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:1Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive greater judgment.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:1Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:1My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:1Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:1Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:1My brothers, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.