Cross references

James 3:1

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

James 3:1 BSB

James 3:1 has 26 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 26 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Timothy 1:7 (30 votes) and Luke 12:47–48 (28 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Leviticus 10 to 1 Peter 5.

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Which verses does James 3:1 point to?

The 20 strongest of 26, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.

  2. That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.

  3. 1 Peter 5:319 votes

    not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

  4. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

  5. And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

  6. But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. …

  7. an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

  8. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

  9. For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. …

  10. As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me. If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood. …

  11. Luke 16:27 votes

Which verses point to James 3:1?

The 10 strongest of 16.