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. ¹² There is only one Lawgiver and Judge,^(E) the one who is able to save and destroy.^(F) But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?^(G)

Boasting About Tomorrow

¹³ Now listen,^(H) you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”^{(I) 14} Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.^{(J) 15} Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will,^(K) we will live and do this or that.”

¹² Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.^(A)