The Holy Bible
King James Bible 2016
| 3:1 | My brethren, do not let many of you be teachers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment. |
| 3:2 | Because, we all offend in many things. If anyone does not offend in word, he is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. |
| 3:3 | Behold, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their entire body. |
| 3:4 | Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, yet they are turned about by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. |
| 3:5 | Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how large an object a little fire kindles! |
| 3:6 | And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. |
| 3:7 | Because, every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and things in the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. |
| 3:8 | But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. |
| 3:9 | With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. |
| 3:10 | Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. |
| 3:11 | Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? |
| 3:12 | Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh. |
| 3:13 | Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. |
| 3:14 | But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. |
| 3:15 | This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. |
| 3:16 | Because, where envy and selfish ambition exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. |
| 3:17 | But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without personal favoritism and without hypocrisy. |
| 3:18 | And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. |
