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NASB | James 3:1 Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | James 3:1 Not many [of you] should become teachers [serving in an official teaching capacity], my brothers and sisters, for you know that we [who are teachers] will be judged by a higher standard [because we have assumed greater accountability and more condemnation if we teach incorrectly]. |
Bible Question: If they teach to their own destruction, will they lose their salvation? And will happen to the people they are leading astray? |
Bible Answer: The Bible is Right Since I'm not a strict "once saved always saved" fan I believe that there are men that have become so obsessed with success that they have fallen in league with Satan. Again was it done knowingly or unintentionally I don't know. However I think Judgement will be very hard on them. As to the people they mislead, to me they are without excuse. They had the truth of God sitting on their laps (most probably) the whole time. If they had access to a Bible and were deceived then they have no one to blame but themselves. The Word says to work out OUR OWN salvation with fear and trembling. It doesn't say let your pastor work it out for you. EdB |