James 3
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James 3:5-6

5So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it 1boasts of great things.

2See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! 6And 3the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among 4our body’s parts as that which 5defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our 6life, and is set on fire by 78hell.

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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 Lit our parts ↩
  5. 5. James 3:6 Matt 12:36f; 15:11, 18f ↩
  6. 6. James 3:6 Or existence, origin ↩
  7. 7. James 3:6 Gr Gehenna ↩
  8. 8. James 3:6 Matt 5:22 ↩

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