Yakobus 3:1
KonteksThe Power of the Tongue
3:1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, 1 because you know that we will be judged more strictly. 2
Yakobus 3:17
Konteks3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, 3 full of mercy and good fruit, 4 impartial, and not hypocritical. 5
[3:1] 1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
[3:1] 2 tn Grk “will receive a greater judgment.”
[3:17] 3 tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”
[3:17] 4 tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”