Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Holman Bible
Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment,
International Standard Version
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely than others.
A Conservative Version
Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive greater judgment.
American Standard Version
Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
Amplified
Not many [of you] should become teachers [serving in an official teaching capacity], my brothers and sisters, for you know that we [who are teachers] will
An Understandable Version
Not many of you should be teachers, my brothers, because you [should] know that we [teachers] will be judged more strictly.
Anderson New Testament
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Bible in Basic English
Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.
Common New Testament
Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
Daniel Mace New Testament
My brethren, don't affect many of you to be doctors, considering, that those of us who are such, shall be tried with the greater severity.
Darby Translation
Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive greater judgment.
Godbey New Testament
Be ye not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.
John Wesley New Testament
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive greater condemnation.
Julia Smith Translation
Be ye not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.
King James 2000
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the severer judgment.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Not many should become teachers, my brothers, [because you] know that we will receive a greater judgment.
Modern King James verseion
My brothers, do not be many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My brethren, be not every man a master; Remembering how that we shall receive the more damnation.
Moffatt New Testament
My brothers, do not swell the ranks of the teachers; remember, we teachers will be judged with special strictness.
Montgomery New Testament
Do not become many teachers, my brothers, because you know well that we teachers shall be judged by a severer standard than others.
NET Bible
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.
New Heart English Bible
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
Noyes New Testament
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Sawyer New Testament
BE not many of you teachers, my brothers, knowing that we shall receive a severer judgment.
The Emphasized Bible
Not, many teachers, become ye, my brethren, knowing that, a severer sentence, shall ye receive;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
MY brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive a severer judgment.
Twentieth Century New Testament
I do not want many of you, my Brothers, to become teachers, knowing, as you do, that we who teach shall be judged by a more severe standard than others.
Webster
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
Weymouth New Testament
Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.
Williams New Testament
Many of you, my brothers, should avoid becoming teachers, because you know that we teachers are going to be judged with stricter judgment than other people.
World English Bible
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
Worrell New Testament
My brethren, become not many of you teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.
Worsley New Testament
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we who are such shall pass a stricter trial than others: for in many things we all offend;
Youngs Literal Translation
Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,
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Word Count of 37 Translations in James 3:1
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Context Readings
Restraining The Tongue
1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. 2 For we all make many mistakes. Anyone who never makes a mistake in what he says has a character that is fully developed and is able to control his whole body as well.
Cross References
Matthew 23:13
"But alas for you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, for you lock the doors of the Kingdom of Heaven in men's faces, for you will neither go in yourselves nor let those enter who are trying to do so.
Luke 12:47-48
The slave who knows his master's wishes, but does not get ready or act upon them, will be severely punished.
Acts 13:1
There were at Antioch in the church there a number of prophets and teachers??arnabas, Symeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the governor, and Saul.
Acts 20:26-27
Therefore I declare to you today that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you,
Romans 2:20-21
train the foolish, teach the young, since you have knowledge and truth formulated in the Law??21 why, then, will you teach others and refuse to teach yourself? Will you preach against stealing, and yet steal yourself?
1 Corinthians 4:2-5
Now further, what is always demanded of managers is that they can be depended on.
1 Corinthians 11:29-32
For anyone who eats and drinks, eats and drinks a judgment upon himself if he does not recognize the body.
1 Corinthians 12:28
And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as inspired preachers, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then come ability to cure the sick, helpfulness, administration, ecstatic speaking.
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear in our true characters before the tribunal of the Christ, each to be repaid with good or evil for the life he has lived in the body.
Ephesians 4:11
And he has given us some men as apostles, some as prophets, some as missionaries, some as pastors and teachers,
1 Timothy 1:7
They would like to be teachers of law although they do not understand the words they use or the matters they insist upon.
1 Timothy 2:7
and I was appointed a herald and apostle of it?? am telling the truth, I am not lying??o teach the heathen faith and truth.
2 Timothy 1:11
of which I have been appointed a herald, apostle and teacher.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and give way to them, for they are keeping watch in defense of your souls, as men accountable for the trust. Make their work a joy and not a grief, for that would be the worse for you.
1 Peter 5:3
and not as tyrannizing over those in your charge but proving models for the flock;
Matthew 7:1-2
"Pass no more judgments upon other people, so that you may not have judgment passed upon you.
Matthew 9:11
And the Pharisees observed it, and they said to his disciples, "Why does your master eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"
Matthew 10:24
A pupil is not better than his teacher, nor a slave better than his master.
Matthew 23:8-10
But you must not let people call you 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and you are all brothers.
Luke 6:37
Do not judge others, and they will not judge you. Do not condemn them, and they will not condemn you. Excuse others and they will excuse you.
Luke 16:2
So he called him in and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Make an accounting for your conduct of my affairs, for you cannot be manager any longer!'
John 3:10
Jesus answered, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet ignorant of this?