11 Don’t criticize one another, brothers and sisters. Anyone who defames or judges a fellow believer[a] defames and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.(A) 12 There is one lawgiver and judge[b] who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:11 Or his brother or sister
  2. 4:12 Other mss omit and judge

11 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters.[a] He who speaks against a fellow believer[b] or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.[c] 12 But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge—the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?[d]

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:11 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
  2. James 4:11 tn See note on the word “believer” in 1:9.
  3. James 4:11 tn Grk “a judge.”
  4. James 4:12 tn Grk “who judges your neighbor.”