Ever practical, James turns now to a thorough discussion of the believer’s behavior. He begins with sins of the tongue, and, because teachers do a great deal of talking, he begins with them. He has two observations—don’t multiply teachers: “My brethren, be not many masters” (3:1a), and don’t misunderstand teaching: “knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation” (3:1b). The word for “masters” is didaskalos, meaning a teacher or “a doctor.” The word occurrs