en_tn_lite_do_not_use/jas/04/11.md

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"