James 3:1
What meaning of the james 3:1 in the Bible?
What does James 3:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.a"
What does James 3:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.a"
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...
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,...
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 ch...
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...
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...
MASTERS. teachers. App-98. James 3:4. KNOWING. App-132. CONDEMNATION. App-177....
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...
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:...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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 offic...
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 asserte...
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...
THE CONTROL OF THE TONGUE 1, 2. Warning against undue eagerness to teach: cp. Matthew 12:37; Matthew 23:7; Romans 2:19; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 14:26; Ephesians 4:11. MASTERS] better, 'teac...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 a...
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...
"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...
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...
_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)_...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
MY BRETHREN, BE NOT MANY MASTERS, KNOWING THAT WE SHALL RECEIVE THE GREATER CONDEMNATION....
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...
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...
CONDEMNATION: Or, judgment...
"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...
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...
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...
Passion of the Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas "And we went forth, and saw before the entrance Optatus the bishop at the right hand, and Aspasius the presbyter, a teacher,[27] 1 Clement Let us c...
James 3:1 My G3450 brethren G80 let G1096 not G3361 many G4183 become G1096 (G5737) teachers G1320 knowing G1492 (G5761) that G3754 receive G2983 (G5695) stricter G3187 judgment G2917 be - Malachi 2:1...
‘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...
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...
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...
MASTERS Teachers, knowing that we shall have the more severe judgment. Compare (Mark 12:40)....
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...
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...
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...
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; James 4:1) and the solut...
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 yoursel...
EXPOSITION JAMES 3:1 WARNING AGAINST OVER-READINESS TO TEACH, LEADING TO A DISCOURSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE. JAMES 3:1 (1) _Warning_. BE NOT MANY TEACHERS. The warning is p...
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...
1 Corinthians 11:29; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Timothy 1:11; Acts 13:1; Acts 20:26;...
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...
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...
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...