James 3
1 Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,
Do not become many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive a severe sentence.
2 for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one [is] a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;
For in many things we all offend. If any one offend not in the word, he is a perfect man, able to rule, also, the whole body.
3 lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;
Behold, we put bits into the mouths of horses, to make them obedient to us, and we turn about their whole body.
4 lo, also the ships, being so great, and by fierce winds being driven, are led about by a very small helm, whithersoever the impulse of the helmsman doth counsel,
Behold, also, the ships, which, though they be so great, and are driven by fierce winds, are turned about by a very small helm, whithersoever the power of the pilot determines:
5 so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!
so, also, the tongue is a little member, yet it works mightily. Behold, how much wood a little fire kindles!
6 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 the gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
Now the tongue is a fire--a world of iniquity; the tongue is so placed among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets the wheel of nature in a blaze, and is set on fire from hell. (Geenna g1067)
7 For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature,
Now every species of wild beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of sea monsters, is subdued, and has been subdued by man:
8 and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,
but the tongue of men, no one can subdue; it is an unruly evil thing, full of deadly poison.
9 with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;
With it we bless God, even the Father; and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God.
10 out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;
Out of the same mouth proceed a blessing and a curse! My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?
Does a fountain send forth, from the same opening, sweet water and bitter?
12 is a fig-tree able, my brethren, olives to make? or a vine figs? so no fountain salt and sweet water [is able] to make.
Can a fig-tree, my brethren, produces olives; or a vine, figs? So, no fountain can yield salt water and fresh.
13 Who [is] wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,
Is any one wise and intelligent among you? let him show, by good behavior, his works, with meekness of wisdom.
14 and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;
But if you have bitter anger and strife in your heart, do you not boast and lie against the truth?
15 this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,
This is not the wisdom which comes from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish:
16 for where zeal and rivalry [are], there is insurrection and every evil matter;
for where there is anger and strife, there is disorder, and every evil work.
17 and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: —
But the wisdom from above is, indeed, first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be persuaded, full of compassion and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, by them who practice peace.
