KJV
ASV
1. Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

ESV
1. Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

ERVEN
1. My brothers and sisters, not many of you should be teachers. I say this because, as you know, we who teach will be judged more strictly than others.

NLT
1. Dear brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers in the church, for we who teach will be judged more strictly.

WEB
1. Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

NET
1. Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.

NLV
1. My Christian brothers, not many of you should become teachers. If we do wrong, it will be held against us more than other people who are not teachers.

HCSB
1. Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment;

YLT
1. Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

LITV
1. My brothers do not be many teachers, knowing that we will receive greater judgment.

RV
1. Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

NCV
1. My brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

MKJV
1. My brothers, do not be many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

AKJV
1. My brothers, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

LXXEN



KJV
1. My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

AMP
1. NOT MANY [of you] should become teachers (self-constituted censors and reprovers of others), my brethren, for you know that we [teachers] will be judged by a higher standard and with greater severity [than other people; thus we assume the greater accountability and the more condemnation].

KJVP
1. My G3450 P-1GS brethren G80 N-VPM , be G1096 V-PNM-2P not G3361 PRT-N many G4183 A-NPM masters G1320 N-NPM , knowing G1492 V-RAP-NPM that G3754 CONJ we shall receive G2983 V-FDI-1P the greater G3187 condemnation G2917 N-ASN .

YLT
1. Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

ASV
1. Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

WEB
1. Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

NASB
1. Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you realize that we will be judged more strictly,

ESV
1. Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

RV
1. Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

RSV
1. Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we who teach shall be judged with greater strictness.

NKJV
1. My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.

MKJV
1. My brothers, do not be many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

AKJV
1. My brothers, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

NRSV
1. Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

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

NIRV
1. My brothers and sisters, most of you shouldn't want to be teachers. You know that those of us who teach will be held more accountable.

NLT
1. Dear brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers in the church, for we who teach will be judged more strictly.

MSG
1. Don't be in any rush to become a teacher, my friends. Teaching is highly responsible work. Teachers are held to the strictest standards.

GNB
1. My friends, not many of you should become teachers. As you know, we teachers will be judged with greater strictness than others.

NET
1. Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.

ERVEN
1. My brothers and sisters, not many of you should be teachers. I say this because, as you know, we who teach will be judged more strictly than others.