4:11 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. 1 He who speaks against a fellow believer 2 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. 3
1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.
2 tn See note on the word “believer” in 1:9.
3 tn Grk “a judge.”
4 tn Grk “according to the scripture.”
5 sn A quotation from Lev 19:18 (also quoted in Matt 19:19; 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Rom 13:9; Gal 5:14).
7 tn Or “stumbles.”
8 tn Grk “guilty of all.”
10 tn Grk “continues.”
11 tn Grk “this one.”
12 tn Grk “in his doing.”