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Teachers place themselves in greater danger of judgment because the main tool of their ministry is also the part of the body most difficult to control: the tongue. Teachers are especially vulnerable to failures of speech because their role demands that they speak so much. More words mean more errors. As we grow accustomed to public speaking, we can become careless. When asked to offer an opinion, we comply, even if we have scant qualifications and little factual basis.<ref>Douglas J. Moo, James: An Introduction and Commentary, ed. Eckhard J. Schnabel, Second edition, vol. 16, The Tyndale Commentary Series (Nottingham, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 2015), 154–155.</ref> | Teachers place themselves in greater danger of judgment because the main tool of their ministry is also the part of the body most difficult to control: the tongue. Teachers are especially vulnerable to failures of speech because their role demands that they speak so much. More words mean more errors. As we grow accustomed to public speaking, we can become careless. When asked to offer an opinion, we comply, even if we have scant qualifications and little factual basis.<ref>Douglas J. Moo, James: An Introduction and Commentary, ed. Eckhard J. Schnabel, Second edition, vol. 16, The Tyndale Commentary Series (Nottingham, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 2015), 154–155.</ref> | ||
==They are not to lord it over the congregation== | |||
Be shepherds of God’s flocke that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be;f not pursuing dishonest gain,g but eager to serve; 3 not lording it overh those entrusted to you, but being examplesi to the flock. <ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), 1 Pe 5:2–3.</ref> | |||
=What happens if they cause people to stumble?= | =What happens if they cause people to stumble?= | ||