11 Don’t criticize one another, brothers. He who criticizes a brother or judges his brother criticizes the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.(A) 12 There is one lawgiver and judge[a] who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:12 Other mss omit and judge

11 Do not speak evil of one another, brothers. The one who speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of the law.[a] 12 There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your[b] neighbor?

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:11 The words “of the law” are not in the Greek text, but are an understood repetition from the previous clause
  2. James 4:12 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun