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 that such shall receive the greater condemnation; that is, in case they err in their teaching. The thought is that the office of a teacher requires a more perfect knowledge than the many are likely to possess unless inspired. If the teacher errs in his teaching, the greater punishment will be visited upon him because he is a teacher.

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Old Testament