James 4:11
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.
BSB
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ASV
Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
KJV
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
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Commentary
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27 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Μὴ | Mē | Not | G3361 → |
| καταλαλεῖτε | katalaleite | do speak against | G2635 → |
| ἀλλήλων, | allēlōn | one another, | G240 → |
| ἀδελφοί· | adelphoi | brothers; | G80 → |
| ὁ | ho | The [one] | G3588 → |
| καταλαλῶν | katalalōn | speaking against | G2635 → |
| ἀδελφοῦ | adelphou | [his] brother | G80 → |
| ἢ | ē | or | G2228 → |
| κρίνων | krinōn | judging | G2919 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| ἀδελφὸν | adelphon | brother | G80 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of him | G846 → |
| καταλαλεῖ | katalalei | speaks against | G2635 → |
| νόμου | nomou | [the] Law | G3551 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| κρίνει | krinei | judges | G2919 → |
| νόμον· | nomon | [the] Law; | G3551 → |
| εἰ | ei | If | G1487 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| νόμον | nomon | [the] Law | G3551 → |
| κρίνεις, | krineis | you judge, | G2919 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| εἶ | ei | you are | G1510 → |
| ποιητὴς | poiētēs | a doer | G4163 → |
| νόμου | nomou | of [the] Law | G3551 → |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | but | G235 → |
| κριτής. | kritēs | a judge. | G2923 → |
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