James 3
1 Not, many teachers, become ye, my brethren, knowing that, a severer sentence, shall ye receive;
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
2 For, oft, are we stumbling, one and all: If anyone, in word, doth not stumble, the same, is a mature man, able to curb even the whole body.
For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who does not stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.
3 Now, if, the horses bits, into their mouths, we thrust, to the end they may be yielding to us, their whole body also, do we turn about.
Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
4 Lo! the ships also, large as they are, and, by rough winds, driven along, are turned about by a very small helm, whithersoever the impulse of the steersman inclineth.
Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.
5 So, also, the tongue, is, a little member, and yet, of great things, maketh boast. Lo! how small a fire, kindleth, how great a forest;
So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
6 And, the tongue, is a fire, —[as], the world of unrighteousness, the tongue, becometh fixed among our members, that which defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the wheel of our natural life, and is set on fire, by gehenna! (Geenna g1067)
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna (Geenna g1067).
7 For, every nature—both of wild beasts and of birds, both of reptiles and of things in the sea, is to be tamed, and hath been tamed, by the human nature;
For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;
8 But, the tongue, none of mankind can, tame, —A restless mischief! Full of deadly poison
but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Therewith, are we blessing our Lord and Father, and, therewith, we are cursing the men who, after the likeness of God, have been brought into being!
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
10 Out of the same mouth, come forth blessing and cursing! Not meet, my brethren, for, these things, thus, to be coming to pass!
Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
11 Doth, the fountain, out of the same opening, teem forth the sweet and the bitter?
Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
12 Is it possible, my brethren, for, a fig-tree, to produce, olives, or, a vine, figs? Neither can, salt, water yield, sweet.
Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
13 Who is wise and well-instructed among you? Let him show, out of his comely behaviour, his works, in meekness of wisdom.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
14 But, if, bitter jealousy, ye have, and rivalry, in your hearts; be not boasting and showing yourselves false against the truth!
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and do not lie against the truth.
15 This wisdom is not one, from above, coming down, but is earthly, born of the soul, demoniacal!
This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
16 For, where jealousy and rivalry are, there, are anarchy and every ignoble deed.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
17 But, the wisdom from above, is—first pure, then peaceable, reasonable, easy to be entreated, fraught with mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 And, in harvest of righteousness, with peace, is sown by them that make peace.
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
