11 (A)Do not speak against one another, (B)brothers and sisters. The one who speaks against a brother or sister, or (C)judges his brother or sister, speaks against (D)the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not (E)a doer of the law but a judge of it.

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11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another.(A) Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister[a] or judges them(B) speaks against the law(C) and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it,(D) but sitting in judgment on it.

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:11 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.

(A)Do not [a]complain, (B)brothers and sisters, against one another, so that you may not be judged; behold, (C)the Judge is standing [b](D)right at the [c]door. 10 As an example, (E)brothers and sisters, of suffering and patience, take (F)the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:9 Lit groan
  2. James 5:9 Lit before
  3. James 5:9 Lit doors

Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters,(A) or you will be judged. The Judge(B) is standing at the door!(C)

10 Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets(D) who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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