James 3:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Be not many teachers — Let no more of you take this upon you than God thrusts out; seeing it is so hard not to offend in speaking much. Knowing that we — That all who thrust themselves into the office. Shall receive greater condemnation — For more offences. St. James here, as in several of the following verses, by a common figure of speech, includes himself: we shall receive, — we offend, — we put bits, — we curse — None of which, as common sense shows, are to be interpreted either of him or of the other apostles.