Parallel Verses
Noyes New Testament
My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
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.
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.
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.
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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Verse Info
Context Readings
Restraining The Tongue
1 My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we all offend. If any one offend not in speech, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
Cross References
Matthew 23:13
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites I because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye go not in yourselves, nor suffer those who are entering to go in.
Luke 12:47-48
And that servant who knew his lords will, and did not make ready, nor do according to his will, will be beaten with many stripes;
Acts 13:1
Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenaean, and Manaen, the fosterbrother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts 20:26-27
Wherefore I testify to you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men;
Romans 2:20-21
an instructor of those who lack wisdom, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the Law,
1 Corinthians 4:2-5
Here moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
1 Corinthians 11:29-32
for he that eateth and drinketh eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, if he do not discern the body.
1 Corinthians 12:28
God appointed some in the church to be, in the first place, apostles, in the second place, prophets, in the third place, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those of helping and of governing, divers kinds of tongues. Are all apostles?
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all be made manifest before the judgmentseat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in his body, according to what he did, whether good or bad.
Ephesians 4:11
And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
1 Timothy 1:7
desiring to be teachers of the Law, understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
1 Timothy 2:7
whereunto I was appointed a herald and an apostle, (I speak the truth, I lie not,) a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.
2 Timothy 1:11
for which I was appointed a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves to them; for they keep watch in behalf of your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief; for this is not for your advantage.
1 Peter 5:3
not as lording it over your allotted charge, but being examples to the flock;
Matthew 7:1-2
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Matthew 9:11
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why doth your teacher eat with the publicans and sinners?
Matthew 10:24
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
Matthew 23:8-10
But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your teacher; and ye are all brethren.
Luke 6:37
And judge not, and ye will not be judged; and condemn not, and ye will not be condemned; forgive, and ye will be forgiven;
Luke 16:2
And he called him, and said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.
John 3:10
Jesus answered and said to him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?