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James 3:1
Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
James 3:1 · American Standard Version
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James 3:1 in other translations
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
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In context
1 Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
2 For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
3 Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
4 Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth.
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