James 3:1

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, ¹  because you know that we will be judged more strictly. ² 

Le 10:3; Eze 3:17,18; Eze 33:7-9; Mal 2:12; Mt 7:1,2; Mt 9:11; Mt 10:24; Mt 23:8-10,14; Mt 23:14; Lu 6:37; Lu 12:47,48; Lu 16:2; Joh 3:10; Ac 13:1; Ac 20:26,27; Ro 2:20,21; 1Co 4:2-5; 1Co 11:29-32; 1Co 12:28; 2Co 5:10; Eph 4:11; 1Ti 2:7; 2Ti 1:11; Heb 13:17; 1Pe 5:3

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

² tn Grk “will receive a greater judgment.”