Verse 1.— My brethren, be not many masters. The Revised Version is in this case preferable; teachers in place of masters, and this rendering accords with Macknight and the Syriac. It is herein asserted that such shall receive the greater condemnation; that is, in case they err in their teaching. The thought is that the office of a teacher requires a more perfect knowledge than the many are likely to possess unless inspired. If the teacher errs in his teach­ing, the greater punishment will be visited upon him be­cause he is a teacher.