James 4:11-12

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  4:12 But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge – the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor? ⁴ 

[4:11]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:2.

[4:11]  ² tn See note on the word “believer” in 1:9.

[4:11]  ³ tn Grk “a judge.”

[4:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “who judges your neighbor.”