James 3
1 Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.
Do not let many be teachers, my brothers, having known that we will receive greater judgment,
2 For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
for we all make many stumbles; if anyone does not stumble in word, this one [is] a perfect man, able to also bridle the whole body;
3 Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
behold, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and we direct their whole body;
4 Behold, the ships also, though they are so great, and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth.
behold, also the ships, being so great, and being driven by fierce winds, are directed by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the [one] steering wills,
5 So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
so also the tongue is a little member, and boasts greatly; behold, how much forest a little fire kindles!
6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell. (Geenna g1067)
And the tongue [is] a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
7 For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:
For every nature, both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and has been subdued, by the human nature,
8 but the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison.
but no one of men is able to subdue the tongue—[it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison;
9 Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the likeness of God:
with it we bless the God and Father, and with it we curse the men made according to [the] likeness of God;
10 out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing; it does not need, my brothers, these things to so happen;
11 Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet [water] and bitter?
does the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?
12 Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither [can] salt water yield sweet.
Is a fig tree able, my brothers, to make olives? Or a vine figs? Neither is salty [water able] to have made sweet water.
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? let him shew by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.
Who [is] wise and intelligent among you? Let him show his works out of good behavior in meekness of wisdom,
14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
yet, if you have bitter zeal, and rivalry in your heart, do not glory, nor lie against the truth;
15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,
16 For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
for where zeal and rivalry [are], there is insurrection and every evil matter;
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
but the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, well-convinced, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical—
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
and the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
