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James 3:1

Be not many teachers (mh polloi didaskaloi ginesqe). Prohibition with mh and present middle imperative of ginomai. "Stop becoming many teachers" (so many of you). There is thus a clear complaint that too many of the Jewish Christians were attempting to teach what they did not clearly comprehend. There was a call for wise teachers (verses James 3:13 f.), not for foolish ones. This soon became an acute question, as one can see in I Cor. 12 to 14. They were not all teachers (I Corinthians 12:28 f.; I Corinthians 14:26). The teacher is here treated as the wise man (James 3:13-18) as he ought to be. The rabbi was the teacher (Matthew 23:7 f.; John 1:38; John 3:10; John 20:16). Teachers occupied an honourable position among the Christians (Ephesians 4:11; Acts 13:1). James counts himself a teacher (we shall receive, James 3:1) and this discussion is linked on with James 1:19-27. Teachers are necessary, but incompetent and unworthy ones do much harm.

Heavier judgment (meizon krima). "Greater sentence." See Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47 for perrisoteron krima (the sentence from the judge, Romans 13:2). The reason is obvious. The pretence of knowledge adds to the teacher's responsibility and condemnation.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing James 3:1:

James 1:19
James 2:1
James 3:1
James 3:13
James 4:11
James 5:12
1 Peter 3:10

 

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