James 3
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James 3:5-9

5SoG3779 alsoG2532 the tongueG1100 is a smallG3398 partG3196 of the body, and yet it 1boastsG850 of greatG3173 thingsG3173.

2SeeG2400 howG2245 greatG2245 a forestG5208 is setG381 aflameG381 by suchG2245 a smallG2245 fireG4442! 6And 3the tongueG1100 is a fireG4442, the very worldG2889 of iniquityG93; the tongueG1100 is setG2525 amongG1722 our membersG3196 as that which 4defilesG4695 the entireG3650 bodyG4983, and setsG5394 on fireG5394 the courseG5164 of our 5lifeG1078, and is setG5394 on fireG5394 by 67hellG1067. 7For everyG3956 8speciesG5449 of beastsG2342 and birdsG4071, of reptilesG2062 and creaturesG1724 of the seaG1724, is tamedG1150 and has been tamedG1150 by the humanG442 9raceG5449. 8But noG3762 oneG3762G444 canG1410 tameG1150 the tongueG1100; it is a restlessG182 evilG2556 and fullG3324 of 10deadlyG2287 poisonG2447. 9With it we blessG2127 11our LordG2962 and FatherG3962, and with it we curseG2672 menG444, 12who have beenG1096 madeG1096 in the likenessG3669 of GodG2316;

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Notes

  1. 1. James 3:5 Ps 12:3f; 73:8f ↩
  2. 2. James 3:5 Prov 26:20f ↩
  3. 3. James 3:6 Ps 120:2, 3; Prov 16:27 ↩
  4. 4. James 3:6 Matt 12:36f; 15:11, 18f ↩
  5. 5. James 3:6 Or existence, origin ↩
  6. 6. James 3:6 Gr Gehenna ↩
  7. 7. James 3:6 Matt 5:22 ↩
  8. 8. James 3:7 Lit nature ↩
  9. 9. James 3:7 Lit nature ↩
  10. 10. James 3:8 Ps 140:3; Eccl 10:11; Rom 3:13 ↩
  11. 11. James 3:9 James 1:27 ↩
  12. 12. James 3:9 Gen 1:26; 1 Cor 11:7 ↩

Commentaries on James 3

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