James 3:1

Coverdale Bible (1535)

My brethre, be not euery man a master, remebrynge how that we shall receaue the more damnacion:

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  • Matt 23:13 : 13 Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, that shut vp the kyngdome of heauen before men: Ye come not in youre selues, nether suffre ye them to enter, that wolde be in.
  • 2 Tim 1:11 : 11 whervnto I am appoynted a preacher and an Apostell, and a teacher of the Heythen:
  • 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 not as though ye were lordes ouer the parishes, but that ye be an ensample to the flocke:
  • Matt 23:8-9 : 8 But ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called Rabbi, for one is youre master, euen Christ, and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man father vpon earth, for one is youre father, which is in heaue. 10 And ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called masters, for one is youre master, namely, Christ.
  • Luke 12:47-48 : 47 The seruaunt that knewe his lordes wil and prepared not himself, nether dyd acordinge to his will, shal be beaten with many strypes: 48 But he that knewe it not, and yet dyd thinges worthy of strypes, shal be beaten with few strypes. For loke vnto whom moch is geuen, of him shal moch be sought: and loke to whom moch is commytted, of him shal moch be requyred.
  • 1 Cor 11:29-32 : 29 For he that eateth and drynketh vnworthely, eateth & drynketh his awne damnacion, because he maketh no differece of the LORDES body. 30 Therfore are there so many weake and sicke amoge you, and many slepe. 31 For yf we iudged oure selues, we shulde not be iudged. 32 But whan we are iudged, we are chastened of ye LORDE, that we shulde not be daned with the worlde.
  • 1 Cor 12:28 : 28 And God hath ordeyned in the congregacion, first the Apostles, secodly prophetes, thirdly teachers, then doers of miracles, after that the giftes of healinge, helpers, gouerners, dyuerse tunges.
  • 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all appeare before the iudgment seate of Christ, yt euery one maye receaue in his body, acordinge to yt he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
  • Eph 4:11 : 11 And ye same hath set some to be Apostles, some to be prophetes, some to be Euangelistes, some to be shepherdes & teachers,
  • 1 Tim 1:7 : 7 wyllinge to be doctours of the scripture, and vnderstonde not what they speake, nether wherof they affirme.
  • 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 wherevnto I am ordeyned a preacher & an Apostle (I tell ye trueth in Christ and lye not) a teacher of the Heythe in faith and in the trueth.
  • Mal 2:12 : 12 But the LORDE shal destroye the ma that doth this (yee both the master & the scolar) out off the tabernacle of Iacob, with him that offreth vp meatofferynge vnto the LORDE off hoostes.
  • 1 Cor 4:2-5 : 2 Now is there no more requyred of the stewardes, then, that they be founde faithfull. 3 It is but a small thinge vnto me, that I shulde be iudged of you, or of mans daye, nether iudge I myne awne selfe. 4 I knowe noughte by my selfe, yet am I not therby iustified. It is the LORDE that iudgeth me. 5 Therfore iudge ye nothinge before ye tyme, vntyll the LORDE come, which shal brynge it to lighte that is hyd in darknesse, and ope the councels of ye hertes, and the shal euery one haue prayse of God.
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey them that haue the ouersighte off you, and submytte youre selues vnto them: for they watch for youre soules, euen as they that must geue accoptes therfore, that they maye do it with ioye, and not with grefe: for that is an vnprofitable thinge for you.
  • Matt 7:1-2 : 1 Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged: 2 For as ye iudge, so shal ye be iudged. And with what measure ye meete, with the same shall it be measured to you agayne.
  • Matt 9:11 : 11 When the Pharises sawe that, they sayde to hys disciples: why eateth youre master with publicans and synners?
  • Matt 10:24 : 24 The disciple is not aboue the master, nether the seruaunt aboue the LORDE.
  • Luke 6:37 : 37 Iudge not, and ye shal not be iudged. Condepne not, and ye shal not be condempned. Forgeue, and ye shal be forgeuen.
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Then sayde Moses vnto Aaron: This is it, that the LORDE sayde: I wil be sanctified vpo them that come nye me, and before all the people wil I be glorified. And Aaron helde his peace.
  • Ezek 3:17-18 : 17 Thou sonne off man, I haue made the a watch man vnto the house of Israel: therfore take good hede to the wordes, and geue them warnynge at my commaundement. 18 Yff I saye vnto the, concernynge the vngodly ma, that (without doute) he must dye, and thou geuest him not warnynge, ner speakest vnto him, that he maye turne from his euell waye, and so to lyue: Then shall the same vngodly man dye in his owne vnrightuosnes: but his bloude will I requyre off thyne honde.
  • Ezek 33:7-9 : 7 And now (O thou sonne of man) I haue made the a watchman vnto the house of Israel: that where as thou hearest eny thinge out of my mouth, thou mayest warne them on my behalfe. 8 Yff I saye vnto the wicked: thou wicked, thou shalt surely dye: and thou geuest him not warnynge, that he maye bewarre off his vngodly waye: then shall the wicked dye in his owne synne, but his bloude will I requyre of thy honde. 9 Neuertheles yf thou warne the wicked off his waye, to turne from it, where as he yet wil not be turned from it: then shal he dye because off his synne, but thou hast delyuered thy soule.
  • Acts 13:1 : 1 There were at Antioche in the congregacion, prophetes and teachers, as Barnabas, and Simon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyren, and Manahen Herodes the Tetrachas norsfelowe, and Saul.
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Wherfore I take you to recorde this daye, that I am pure from the bloude of all men: 27 For I haue kepte nothinge backe, but haue shewed you all the councell off God.
  • Rom 2:20-21 : 20 an enformer of ye vnwyse: a teacher of ye symple: which hast the ensample of knowlege & of the trueth in the lawe. 21 Now teachest thou other, and teachest not thy selfe. Thou preachest that a man shulde not steale, and thou stealest.
  • Luke 16:2 : 2 And he called him, and sayde vnto him: How is it, that I heare this of the? geue acomptes of yi stewardshipe, for thou mayest be no longer stewarde.
  • John 3:10 : 10 Iesus answered, & sayde vnto hi: Art thou a Master in Israel, & knowest not these?

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  • Jas 3:2-3
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    2for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a parfecte man, & able to tame all the body.

    3Beholde, we put bittes into the horses mouthes yt they shulde obeye vs, and we turne aboute all the body.

  • 16Erre not my deare brethre.

  • 19Wherfore deare brethren, let euery man be swifte to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.

  • 12But aboue all thinges my brethre, sweare not, nether by heaue, nether by earth, nether by eny other othe. Let youre ye be ye, and yor naye naye: lest ye faule in to ypocricy.

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    31For yf we iudged oure selues, we shulde not be iudged.

    32But whan we are iudged, we are chastened of ye LORDE, that we shulde not be daned with the worlde.

  • 9Grodge not one agaynst another brethren, lest ye be damned. Beholde, the iudge stondeth before the dore.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-3
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    1Let as many seruauntes as are vnder the yocke, counte their masters worthy of all honoure, that the name of God and his doctrine be not euell spoken of.

    2Se that they which haue beleuynge masters, despyse them not because they are brethre, but rather do seruyce, for so moch as they are beleuynge, and beloued, and partakers of the benefite.

    3These thinges teach and exhorte. Yf eny ma teach otherwyse, and agreeth not vnto the wholsome wordes of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, and to the doctryne of godlynes,

  • 6He maye not be a yoge scolar, lest he be puft vp, and fall in to the iudgment of ye euell speaker.

  • Jas 3:9-10
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    9Therwith blesse we God the father, and therwith cursse we men which are made after the similitude of God.

    10Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge and cursynge. My brethre these thinges ought not so to be.

  • 10And ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called masters, for one is youre master, namely, Christ.

  • Jas 4:11-12
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    11Backbyte not one another, brethren. He that backbyteth his brother, and he yt iudgeth his brother, backbyteth the lawe, and iudgeth the lawe. But and yf thou iudge the lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the lawe: but a iudge.

    12There is one lawe geuer, which is able to saue and to distroye. What art thou that iudgest another man?

  • 6These thinges brethren haue I described in myne awne preson & in Apollos for youre sakes, that ye mighte lerne by vs, that noman counte hygher of him self, then aboue is wrytten, that one be not puft vp agaynst another for eny mans cause.

  • 1Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged:

  • 7wyllinge to be doctours of the scripture, and vnderstonde not what they speake, nether wherof they affirme.

  • 9And ye masters, do euen the same vnto the, puttynge awaye threatenynges, and knowe that euen youre master also is in heauen, nether is there eny respecte of personnes with him.

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    36But I saye vnto you, that of euery ydell worde that me haue spoken, they shal geue accomptes at ye daye of iudgmet.

    37Out of thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, & out of thy wordes thou shalt be codemned.

  • 12We beseke you brethren, that ye knowe them which laboure amonge you, and haue the ouersighte of you in the LORDE,

  • 22And se that ye be doers of ye worde & not heares only, deceauinge youre awne selues.

  • 1Rebuke not an Elder, but exhorte him as a father: and the yoger men as brethren:

  • 13So can no fountayne geue bothe salt water and fresshe also. If eny man be wyse and endued with learnynge amonge you, let him shewe the workes of his good couersacion in meknes that is coupled with wissdome.

  • 20Brethren be not children in vnderstondinge, howbeit as concerninge maliciousnes be childre, but in vnderstondinge be parfecte.

  • 12So speake ye, and so do as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.

  • 4are ye not parciall in youre selues, and haue iudged after euyll thoughtes?

  • 8But ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called Rabbi, for one is youre master, euen Christ, and all ye are brethren.

  • 21Take not hede vnto euery worde yt is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the:

  • 11Wherof we haue many thinges to saye, which are harde to be vttered, because ye are dull of hearynge.

  • 17For we are not as many are, which choppe & chaunge wt the worde of God, but eue out of purenesse, and out of God, in ye sighte of God, so speake we in Christ.

  • 6And that no man go to farre, ner defraude his brother in bargayninge. For the LORDE is the auenger of all soch thinges, as we haue sayde & testified vnto you afore tyme.

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    19Agaynst an Elder receaue none accusacion, but vnder two or thre witnesses.

    20The that synne, rebuke in the presence of all, that other also maye feare.

  • 40The disciple is not aboue his master. But whosoeuer is perfecte, ye same shalbe as his master.

  • 10Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his master, lest he speake euell of the also, and thou be hurte.

  • 1Brethren, Yf eny ma be ouertaken of a faute, ye which are spirituall, enfourme him with a meke sprete: and considre thine owne selfe, that thou also be not tempted.

  • 13Let vs not therfore iudge one another enymore. But iudge this rather, yt noma put a stomblinge blocke or an occasion to fall in his brothers waye.

  • 1Ye masters, do vnto youre seruauntes that which is iust and equall, and knowe, yt ye also haue a master in heauen.

  • 3not as though ye were lordes ouer the parishes, but that ye be an ensample to the flocke:

  • 15Yet counte him not as an enemye, but warne him as a brother.

  • 3Let vs geue no man occasion of euell, that oure office be not euell spoken of:

  • 48But he that knewe it not, and yet dyd thinges worthy of strypes, shal be beaten with few strypes. For loke vnto whom moch is geuen, of him shal moch be sought: and loke to whom moch is commytted, of him shal moch be requyred.

  • 19Brethren, yf eny of you erre fro the trueth and another conuert him,

  • 17But ye beloued, remeber the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of oure LORDE Iesus Christ,

  • 14Of these thinges put thou them in remebraunce, and testifye before the LORDE, that they stryue not aboute wordes, which is to no profit, but to peruerte the hearers.

  • 17Obey them that haue the ouersighte off you, and submytte youre selues vnto them: for they watch for youre soules, euen as they that must geue accoptes therfore, that they maye do it with ioye, and not with grefe: for that is an vnprofitable thinge for you.