James 3:1

1Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

1Do not become teachers in large numbers, my brothers, since you know that we who are teachers will incur a stricter judgment.

1Not many [of you] should become teachers [serving in an official teaching capacity], my brothers and sisters, for you know that we [who are teachers] will be judged by a higher standard [because we have assumed greater accountability and more condemnation if we teach incorrectly].

1Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

1Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

1My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receiue the greater condemnation.

1Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

1My brothers and sisters, most of you shouldn’t become teachers. That’s because you know that those of us who teach will be held more accountable.

1My Christian friends, not many of you should become teachers. We people who teach God's message must be very careful. When God judges everybody, he will demand more from us than from other people.

1Do not let many be teachers, my brothers, having known that we will receive greater judgment,