“ But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. ”
But the tongue can no man tame - This does not mean that it is never brought under control, but that it is impossible effectually and certainly to subdue it. It would be possible to subdue and do...
Do not crowd into the ranks of the teachers, my brothers. You know that we teachers shall be judged more severely than other men; and there are many things in which all of us stumble. This leads to t...
no man . no one (Greek. oudeis) of men (App-123.) unruly . Greek. akataschetos. Only here, but the texts read akatastatos, unstable, restless, as in James 1:8 . evil . App-128. deadly ....
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. But the tongue wan no man tame - No cunning, persuasion, or influence has ever been able to silence it. Nothing but the...
For every kind of beasts, &c.— Instead of serpents, in this verse, some read creeping things. Dr. Doddridge renders it reptiles. Good men have through Divine grace governed their own tong...
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. No man - literally, no one of men: neither can a man control his neighbour's nor even his own tongue. Hence, the t...
The Control of the Tongue 1, 2. Warning against undue eagerness to teach: cp. Matthew 12:37 ; Matthew 23:7 ; Romans 2:19-20 ; 1 Corinthians 12:28 ; 1 Corinthians 14:26-40 ; Ephesians 4:11 ....
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly (or, restless ) evil, full of deadly poison. — Mortiferous, bringer of death, like a poisoned dart or arrow; and therefore most suggestive of enve...
Chapter 14 HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHERS-THE POWERS AND PROPENSITIES OF THE TONGUE-THE SELF-DEFILEMENT OF THE RECKLESS TALKER. James 3:1-8 FROM the "idle faith" St. James goes on to speak...
Bridle the Tongue James 3:1-12 It is much easier to teach people what they should be and do than to obey our own precepts. Even the best of us stumble in many respects; but our most frequent fa...
The writer now proceeded to show the effect of faith on speech. Beginning with the warning against every man setting up to teach, he proceeded to deal with the power of speech. He likened the tongue...
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. (2) For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also...
But the tongue can no man tame ,.... Either his own, or others; not his own, for the man that has the greatest guard upon himself, his words and actions; yet, what through pride or passion, or one l...
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Ver. 8. But the tongue, &c. ] Where then are our justiciaries with their pretended perfection? David's heart dec...
For every kind of beasts Πασα φυσις θηριων, every nature of wild beasts. The phrase signifies the strength and fierceness of wild beasts, the swiftness of birds, the poison of serpents, the excee...
Here we begin a fourth division of the book, which continues to the end of Ch.4; in which our walk is tested by the circumstances of the world. Certainly in the previous Chapter s there is emphasis a...
Government of the Tongue. A. D. 61. 1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall...
But the tongue; not only other men's tonges, but his own. Can no man tame; no man of himself, and without the assistance of Divine grace, can bring his tongue into subjection, and keep it in orde...
‘But the tongue can no man tame. It is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.' For the...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 3:5 . A matter. —Better, “a forest.” The picture presented is of the wrapping of some vast forest in a flame by the falling of a single spark. Philo uses th...
James 3:1 . Be not many masters: διδασκαλοι, teachers. In some assemblies they might all prophesy one by one, but no man should be too forward; he will never shine as a teacher, unless he be a t...
EXPOSITION James 3:1-59 WARNING AGAINST OVER - READINESS TO TEACH , LEADING TO A DISCOURSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE . James 3:1 (...
Warning against the abuse of the tongue:
Deuteronomy 32:33 ; Ecclesiastes 10:11 ; James 3:6 ; Psalms 140:3 ; Psalms 55:21 ; Psalms 57:4 ; Psalms 58:4 ; Psalms 59:7 ; Psalms 64:3 ; Psalms 64:4 ; Revelation 12:9 ; Romans 3:13
But no man can tame the tongue — Of another; no, nor his own, without peculiar help from God.