James 4:11 (WEB)
Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
Fathers and councils · 4
Jerome
“James iv. 11.” — the author cites it
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XVI.16Conference XVI
“And so it comes to pass that as we make up our minds that He has commanded things which are impossible and unsuitable, we become, to use the Apostle’s expression, “not doers but judges of the law.”” — editor's note: S. James iv. 11.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For thus man, although now spiritual and renewed in the knowledge of God after His image that created him, ought yet to be the “doer of the law, not the judge.”” — editor's note: Jas. iv. 11.
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Basil the Great
“He ought to turn away from the brother who speaks evil against him; he ought not to indulge in jesting; he ought not to laugh nor even to suffer laugh makers.” — editor's note: cf. 1 Peter iii. 16, 17, and James iv. 11.
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Cross-references · 10
Parallel passages
Romans 2:25 and James 4:11 share the same wording (11 words).
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Cited together in Confessions XIII.23.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.23.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.23.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.23.
Cited together in Confessions XIII.23.