James 3:1 and 2:
3:1You must not become many teachers, my brothers, having known2 that we will receive greater judgment, .2for all-together we stumblingly-fall (regarding) many-things. If someone does not stumblingly-fall in word this-person (is) a complete adult-male able to bridle also the whole body.
James again addresses the holy-people who are descendants of the 12 tribes of Israel/Jacob as his “brothers.” Not only were those to whom he was writing all of the Judean/Israeli background, but they were brothers in the holy spirit category. All holy-people are brothers in the spirit category because all of us have received the same gift of holy spirit and we are therefore all children of God our Father.
You must not become a lot of teachers (instructors), my brothers, since you already know that we who are teachers will receive to ourselves a greater judgment (a larger pronounced decision, a bigger sentence passed regarding our behavior if we do not teach correctly). Teachers are responsible to teach the truth of what God says, and they will receive the consequences if they do not.
In truth, every one of us stumblingly falls (trips, messes up) regarding a lot of things.
If someone does not stumblingly fall in word (within the sphere of action of the words he speaks, his speech)…
[Reference: I Corinthians 11:32, 12:29; Galatians 5:7-10; James 1:4 and 26. Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (2) immediately following them indicate the "perfect" tense - details are provided in the "Relevant Notes" link of this study.]
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