James 4:11 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Brothers, do not choose to slander one another. Whoever slanders his brother, or whoever judges his brother, slanders the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ [My] brethren, do not speak evil about or accuse one another. He that maligns a brother or judges his brother is maligning and criticizing the Law and judging the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but a censor and judge [of it].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Brothers and sisters, don’t say evil things about each other. Whoever insults or criticizes a brother or sister insults and criticizes the Law. If you find fault with the Law, you are not a doer of the Law but a judge over it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Detract not one another, my brethren. He that detracteth his brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law, and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

English Standard Version 2016

¹¹ Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

James 4:11 Cross References

Luke 6:37

Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Romans 2:1

For this reason, O man, each one of you who judges is inexcusable. For by that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you do the same things that you judge.

Romans 2:13

For it is not the hearers of the law who are just before God, but rather it is the doers of the law who shall be justified.

Romans 7:7

What should we say next? Is the law sin? Let it not be so! But I do not know sin, except through the law. For example, I would not have known about coveting, unless the law said: "You shall not covet."

1 Corinthians 4:5

And so, do not choose to judge before the time, until the Lord returns. He will illuminate the hidden things of the darkness, and he will make manifest the decisions of hearts. And then each one shall have praise from God.

2 Corinthians 12:20

Yet I fear, lest perhaps, when I have arrived, I might not find you such as I would want, and I might be found by you, such as you would not want. For perhaps there may be among you: contention, envy, animosity, dissension, detraction, whispering, self-exaltation, and rebellion.

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness and anger and indignation and outcry and blasphemy be taken away from you, along with all malice.

1 Timothy 3:11

Similarly, the women must be chaste, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

2 Timothy 3:3

without affection, without peace, false accusers, unchaste, cruel, without kindness,

Titus 2:3

Old women, similarly, should be in holy attire, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teaching well,

James 1:16

And so, do not choose to go astray, my most beloved brothers.

James 1:19

You know this, my most beloved brothers. So let every man be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to anger.

James 1:25

But he who gazes upon the perfect law of liberty, and who remains in it, is not a forgetful hearer, but instead a doer of the work. He shall be blessed in what he does.

James 2:8

So if you perfect the regal law, according to the Scriptures, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," then you do well.

James 5:10

My brothers, consider the Prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of departing from evil, of labor, and of patience.

James 5:7

Therefore, be patient, brothers, until the advent of the Lord. Consider that the farmer anticipates the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently, until he receives the early and the late rains.

James 5:9

Brothers, do not complain against one another, so that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.

1 Peter 2:1

Therefore, set aside all malice and all deceitfulness, as well as falseness and envy and every detraction.