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Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
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A Warning for Aspiring Teachers
Commentators agree that James is cautioning against a widespread ambition to become public teachers in the church. Many were likely seeking the prestige of the role without the necessary qualifications or divine calling. James reminds them that teachers face a 'heavier judgment,' meaning a stricter standard of accountability before God due to their influence.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER.
The evil to which the apostle seems to have referred in this chapter was a desire, which appears to have p…
Be not many teachers (μη πολλο διδασκαλο γινεσθε). Prohibition with μη and present middle imperative of γινομα. "Stop becoming man…
19th Century
Anglican
Be not many masters.—Better, teachers, which meaning was conveyed by “masters” when the English Bible was first published…
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James’s first concern in this passage has to do with those who desired to be “teachers” in the scattered Jewish Christian congregations (cf. [Refer…
16th Century
Protestant
Be not many masters. The common and almost universal interpretation of this passage is that the Apostle discourages the desire for the off…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My brethren, be not many masters The apostle having dispatched the subject of faith and good works, which constitute…
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We are taught to dread an unruly tongue as one of the greatest evils. The affairs of humankind are thrown into confusion by the tongues of people. …
