en_tn/jas/04/11.md

General Information:

The words "you" and "your" in this section refer to the believers to whom James writes.

speak against

"speak badly about" or "oppose"

brothers

James speaks of the believers as if they are biological brothers. The term here includes women as well as men. Alternate translation: "fellow believers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-gendernotations)

but a judge

"but you are acting like the person who gives the law"