1 My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.
2 For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
3 Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.
4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.
5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.
8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.

Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA

Tiago 3:1 Meus irmãos, não sejais muitos de vós mestres, sabendo que receberemos um juízo mais severo.

English Standard Version ESV

James 3:1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

King James Version KJV

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Tiago 3:1 Meus irmãos, não sejam muitos de vocês mestres, pois vocês sabem que nós, os que ensinamos, seremos julgados com maior rigor.