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12 And above all, my brothers and sisters,[a] do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your “Yes” be yes and your “No” be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.

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  1. James 5:12 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

12 But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.[a]

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  1. 5:12 TR reads “under judgment” instead of “into hypocrisy”