# 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/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-gendernotations]])
# but a judge
"but you are acting like the person who gives the law"