There can be a temptation for people to want to become teachers for the wrong reasons. Now in Hebrews 5:12 its says "we ought to be teachers". So how do we square these two verses? Well all of us should become mature in faith, and as such should be able to help others in understanding the faith, and in living the faith. Teachers as it is used here by James probably refers to more formal positions of teaching. If we teach, we teach in the name of Christ and as servants of Christ. We will be judged more strictly than others, for what we do and say affects more people.
Now all of us do stumble, no one is perfect. Most of all no one is always perfect in speech. All of us sometimes say things we should not say. In fact James says if you have perfect control over our tongue, then we have perfect control over all of our lives.
Now we are not to take the fact that we do all sin as an excuse for not worrying about what we say. We need to seek to control our tongues more and more, for our tongue has a great effect. Words are powerful. They can destroy or build relationships, they can even start wars.
The same tongue that praises God can curse and do down other people. This is not the way things should be. So we need to guard our tongues, and seek to use it only for good.
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