NET Bible
"The Power of the Tongue Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly."
— James 3:1, NET Bible
“My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.”
“Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment. ”
“Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.”
“Be ye not many masters, my brethren, knowing that you receive the greater judgment.”
“Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.”
“My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.”
The Power of the Tongue Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.
For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.
And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.
Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot’s inclination directs.