Study it in the app“Do not speak against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.”
Do notΜὴspeak againstκαταλαλεῖτεone another,ἀλλήλωνbrothers.ἀδελφοίThe one who speaks againstὁ καταλαλῶνa brotherἀδελφοῦorἢjudgesκρίνωνhis brotherτὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦspeaks againstκαταλαλεῖthe lawνόμουandκαὶjudgesκρίνειthe law.νόμονButδὲifεἰyou judgeκρίνειςthe law,νόμονyou areεἶnotοὐκa doerποιητὴςof the lawνόμουbutἀλλὰa judge.κριτής
speak against
Speak against someone, slander, speak evil of them.
Where else “katalaleite” appearsone another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlōn” appearsbrother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appearscondemn
To pass opinion on others so as to condemn them, setting oneself above them.
Where else “krinōn” appearslaw
The instructions God gave Israel through Moses; also, the whole of Scripture.
Where else “nomou” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ei” appearsdoer
One who puts the word or the law into practice.
Where else “poiētēs” appearsjudge
Judge: one who decides a case; also one who rules.
Where else “kritēs” appears10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
11 · This verse (above)
12There is one lawgiver and judge, the one who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
1. What it says
Where does James say the fights and quarrels among you come from (v. 1-3)?
2. What it means
James says "draw near to God, and he will draw near to you" (v. 8). What other instructions does he give around that phrase (v. 7-10)?
3. How I live it
James invites us to make plans saying "if the Lord wills" (v. 15). What plan of yours today can you put in God's hands?
