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CHAPTER III.
_They are exhorted not to be many masters_, 1.
_And to bridle the tongue, which is often an instrument of_
_much evil_, 2-12.
_The character and fruits of true and false wisdom_, 13-1...
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MY BRETHREN, BE NOT MANY MASTERS - “Be not many of you teachers.”
The evil referred to is that where many desired to be teachers, though
but few could be qualified for the office, and though, in fact,...
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III. THE EVILS OF THE TONGUE CORRECTED
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The tongue and its work (James 3:1)_
2. The wisdom which is earthly and the wisdom that is from above
(James 3:13)
James 3:1
The practical cha...
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Do not crowd into the ranks of the teachers, my brothers. You know
that we teachers shall be judged more severely than other men; and
there are many things in which all of us stumble. This leads to th...
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THE TEACHER'S PERIL (James 3:1)
_ 3:1 My brothers, it is a mistake for many of you to become teachers,
for you must be well aware that those of us who teach will receive a
greater condemnation._
In...
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MASTERS. teachers. App-98. James 3:4.
KNOWING. App-132.
CONDEMNATION. App-177....
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James 3:1-12. Sins of Speech, and their condemnation
1. _be not many masters_ Better, "_do not_ BECOME, or DO NOT GET INTO
THE WAY OF BEING _many_ TEACHERS." The English word "master," though
perhaps...
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1.
A FURTHER TEMPTATION OR SPIRITUAL DANGER CONNECTED WITH THE SYNAGOGUE
IS AMBITION FOR THE OFFICE OF TEACHER OR RABBI
1. Two results are noted from the intemperate or unconsidered use of
language:...
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_COMMITTED TO TEACHING -- JAMES 3:1:_ James begins this chapter by
saying, "My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall
receive the greater condemnation." (James 3:1) It was not the wish o...
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ΔΙΔΆΣΚΑΛΟΣ (G1320) учитель. Это слово,
вероятно, обозначает здесь рабби,
того, кто учился закону и его
применению в жизни, а теперь учит
других (TDNT; Adamson; Herschel Shanks, "Is the Title 'Rabbi'
A...
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BE NOT MANY MASTERS— _Many teachers._ The word Διδασκαλος
among the Jews, commonly signified the same with _Rabbi,_ a title of
which the Scribes and Pharisees were exceedingly fond, as it signifies
fr...
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_FOURTEEN THREE-PART SERMON STARTERS_
PROFESSIONAL WRECKERS James 3:1-5
1.
Every man has a tendency to wreak havoc James 3:2.
2.
A very small crow-bar can wreck a big house James 3:3-4.
3.
The t...
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TEMPTATION IN TEACHING
_Text 3:1-2_
1.
Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall
receive heavier judgment.
2.
For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word...
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CHAPTER VI
_THE FOOLISH TEACHER_
James 3:1-12
_Introduction_
In James 1:16; James 1:26 James said Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
In a sense, the balance of chapter one develops the thought of how...
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My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the
greater condemnation. BE NOT, [ ginethe (G1096)] - become not: taking
the office too hastily, of your own accord.
MANY. The office...
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VERSE 1. MY BRETHREN, BE NOT MANY MASTERS.
The Revised Version is in this case preferable; teachers in place of
masters, and this rendering accords with Macknight and the Syriac. It
is herein asserted...
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20 The case of Abraham is most helpful in further defining the
distinct viewpoints of Paul and James. The former refers us to the
fifteenth chapter of Genesis, the latter to the twenty-second. In the...
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THE CONTROL OF THE TONGUE
1, 2. Warning against undue eagerness to teach: cp. Matthew 12:37;
Matthew 23:7; Romans 2:19; 1 Corinth
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WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO
JAMES
_IAN MACKERVOY_
The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them.
CHAPTER 3
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TEACHER 3:1-5A
V1 My Christian brothers and sisters,...
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BE NOT MANY MASTERS. — Better, _teachers,_ which meaning was
conveyed by “masters” when the English Bible was first published.
The condemnation is of those who appoint themselves, and are as
“blind le...
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CHAPTER 14
HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHERS-THE POWERS AND PROPENSITIES OF THE
TONGUE-THE SELF-DEFILEMENT OF THE RECKLESS TALKER.
James 3:1
FROM the "idle faith" St. James goes on to speak of the...
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Μὴ πολλοὶ διδάσκαλοι γίνεσθε : the
Peshiṭtâ reads: “Let there not be many teachers among you”;
both the Greek version, which implies that the “teachers” belonged
to the congregation of the faithful, a...
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James 3:1-18 form a self-contained section; the subject dealt with is
the bridling of the tongue, see above James 1:19; James 1:26-27....
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BRIDLE THE TONGUE
James 3:1
It is much easier to teach people what they should be and do than to
obey our own precepts. Even the best of us stumble in many respects;
but our most frequent failures ar...
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The writer now proceeded to show the effect of faith on speech.
Beginning with the warning against every man setting up to teach, he
proceeded to deal with the power of speech. He likened the tongue t...
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"LET NOT MANY OF YOU BECOME TEACHERS"
Apparently, there were those in James' day who rushed to teach (James
3:1). They longed for the prominent position in which it would put
them. Certainly that had...
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My (1) brethren, be not many masters, (2) knowing that we (a) shall
receive the greater condemnation.
(1) The sixth part or place: Let no man usurp (as most men ambitiously
do) authority to judge and...
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_But not many masters, teachers, and preachers. An admonition to al
those who are not called, or not qualified to undertake this high
ministry, let they incur a greater condemnation. (Witham)_...
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CONTENTS
This Chapter contains much wholesome Exhortation to the People of God,
on the several Parts of Conduct. The close of it hath a beautiful
Description of the Wisdom which is from above, in Opp...
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My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the
greater condemnation. (2) For in many things we offend all. If any man
offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also...
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To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James
from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no
means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
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1_Be not many masters_. The common and almost universal interpretation
of this passage is, that the Apostle discourages the desire for the
office of teaching, and for this reason, because it is danger...
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In Chapter 3 the apostle recurs to the tongue, the most ready index to
the heart, the proof whether the new man is inaction, whether nature
and self-will are under restraint. But there is hardly anyth...
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MY BRETHREN, BE NOT MANY MASTERS,.... The apostle having dispatched
the subject of faith and good works, which constitute the pure and
undefiled religion mentioned in James 1:27 which gave rise to thi...
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My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the
greater condemnation.
Ver. 1. _Be not many masters_] Masters of opinions, that boldly
obtrude upon others their own _placits, _ and...
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_Be not many masters_ Διδασκαλοι, _teachers._ Let none of
you rashly, and without proper qualifications, undertake the office of
teachers of others; an office into which many are ready to intrude
them...
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BE NOT MANY MASTERS; let not many aspire to be teachers or guides in
religion; a sin which always abounds where men have the idea that an
empty faith without the fruits of obedience is all that is nec...
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CAUTION AGAINST FALSE ACTIVITY IN TEACHING AND THE USE OF THE TONGUE.
The danger of teaching and much speaking:...
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MY BRETHREN, BE NOT MANY MASTERS, KNOWING THAT WE SHALL RECEIVE THE
GREATER CONDEMNATION....
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Here we begin a fourth division of the book, which continues to the
end of Ch.4; in which our walk is tested by the circumstances of the
world. Certainly in the previous Chapter s there is emphasis al...
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER THREE
(The question numbers refer to the verse number.)
1. How important is it to teach the truth?
What is implied in the phrase “stricter” punishment? Will judgment...
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CONDEMNATION:
Or, judgment...
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"Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as
such we shall incur. stricter judgment"."Let not many of you" -"The
verb 'be not'…a present middle imperative…signifies 'stop becomin...
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1-12 We are taught to dread an unruly tongue, as one of the greatest
evils. The affairs of mankind are thrown into confusion by the tongues
of men. Every age of the world, and every condition of life...
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JAMES CHAPTER 3 JAMES 3:1 We must not rashly take upon ourselves to
reprove others. JAMES 3:2 The importance, difficulty, and duty of
governing the tongue. JAMES 3:13 True wisdom will show itself in
m...
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James 3:1 My G3450 brethren G80 let G1096 not G3361 many G4183 become
G1096 (G5737) teachers G1320 knowing...
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‘Do not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we shall
receive heavier judgment. For in many things we all stumble. '
James' initial warning is against the natural desire that many have t...
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James 3:1. MY BRETHREN, BE NOT MANY MASTERS. Either ‘be not many of
you masters;' or rather, ‘be not a multitude of masters' each one
striving to be a master. ‘Masters' here used not in the sense of
r...
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BE NOT MANY TEACHERS
(μη πολλο διδασκαλο γινεσθε). Prohibition with
μη and present middle imperative of γινομα. "Stop becoming
many teachers" (so many of you). There is thus a clear complaint that
t...
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MASTERS
Teachers, knowing that we shall have the more severe judgment.
Compare (Mark 12:40)....
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CONTENTS: Control of the tongue.
CHARACTERS: God, James.
CONCLUSION: The Christian who is not affected by the sins of the
tongue but takes care to avoid them, has an undoubted sign of true
grace. Th...
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James 3:1. _Be not many masters:_ διδασκαλοι, teachers. In
some assemblies they might all prophesy one by one, but no man should
be too forward; he will never shine as a teacher, unless he _be_ a
teac...
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MY BROTHERS. See note on James 1:2. NOT MANY OF YOU. Some, in their
conceit, wanted to immediately become teachers. The burning passion of
certain Jews was to teach the Law of Moses to the Gentile Chr...
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 3:1 The Sin of Dissension in the Community. This
section is the longest in the letter. It discusses the problems people
cause with their speech (James 3:1;...
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OUR SINS OF SPEECH
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 3:1. MASTERS.—Teachers. In the sixteenth century “master”
meant “schoolmaster.” Do not get into the way of being teachers.
Do not set yourselv...
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EXPOSITION
JAMES 3:1
WARNING AGAINST OVER-READINESS TO TEACH, LEADING TO A DISCOURSE ON
THE IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENT OF
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Let's turn to James chapter three. James first of all warns against a
desire to teach the Word of God that would stem or emanate just from
your own desire to be in front of people or whatever.
My bre...
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1 Corinthians 11:29; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Peter
5:3;...
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Masters [δ ι δ α σ κ α λ ο ι]. Literally, and better,
teachers, with a reference to the exhortation to be slow to speak (ch.
1 19). Compare 1 Corinthians 14:26-34. Jas. is warning against the too
eage...
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Be not many teachers — Let no more of you take this upon you than
God thrusts out; seeing it is so hard not to offend in speaking much.
Knowing that we — That all who thrust themselves into the office...
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For the clearer understanding of these words, let us consider, 1. What
the apostle does not forbid, namely, private and brotherly admonition,
which proceeds from Christian love one towards another, mu...