James 3
1 Not, many teachers, become ye, my brethren, knowing that, a severer sentence, shall ye receive;
Be not many [of you] teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall 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 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.
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.
Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
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 great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth.
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 also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
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 defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell. (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 beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:
8 But, the tongue, none of mankind can, tame, —A restless mischief! Full of deadly poison
but the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] 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!
Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness 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 cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth, the fountain, out of the same opening, teem forth the sweet and the bitter?
Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet [water] and bitter?
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 brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? neither [can] salt water yield sweet.
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 life his works in meekness 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 ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not 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 [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For, where jealousy and rivalry are, there, are anarchy and every ignoble deed.
For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile 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 peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
18 And, in harvest of righteousness, with peace, is sown by them that make peace.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
