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( See Scofield) - (Matthew 5:48).
For in many things we offend all - We all offend. The word here rendered offend, means to stumble, to fall; then to err, to fail in duty; and the...
For in many things we offend all. (3) If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body. (3) The...
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...
offend all . all stumble. See James 2:10 . If . App-118. any man . any one. App-123. in . App-104. word . App-121. perfect . App-125. m...
2 For in many things we offend all. This may be taken as having been said by way of concession, as though he had said, “Be it that thou finde...
DISCOURSE: 2366 THE BEST OF MEN BUT WEAK AND FRAIL James 3:2 . In many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfec...
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. In many thing...
For in many things we offend all, &c.— "The many infirmities, to which the best of us are subject, may indeed teach us to think with awe of tha...
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. All, х...
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...
For in many things we offend all. — Better thus, For in many things we all offend: not, what might be inferred, “we are an offence to all,” as M...
Chapter 14 HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHERS-THE POWERS AND PROPENSITIES OF THE TONGUE-THE SELF-DEFILEMENT OF THE RECKLESS TALKER. James 3:1-8...
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...
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 dea...
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...
For in many things we offend all ,.... Or "we all offend", slip and fall; no man lives without sin; in many, in most, if not in all things, a good m...
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Ver. 2. F...
Be not many masters Διδασκαλοι, teachers. Let none of you rashly, and without proper qualifications, undertake the office of teachers of others;...
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. Certa...
Government of the Tongue. A. D. 61. 1 My bre...
For in many things we offend all: there is no man absolutely free from sin, 1 Kings 8:46 Job 14:4 Proverbs 20:9 Ecclesiastes 7:20 1 John...
‘Do not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment. For in many things we all stumble. ' James' initial wa...
‘If any stumbles not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.' Taking up the thought of stumbling he now points out t...
OUR SINS OF SPEECH CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 3:1 . Masters. —Teachers. In the sixteenth century “master” meant “schoolmaster.” Do n...
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...
EXPOSITION James 3:1-59 WARNING AGAINST OVER - READINESS TO TEACH , LEADING TO A DISCOURSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GO...
Caution against False Activity in Teaching and the Use of the Tongue. The danger of teaching and much speaking:
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
1 Corinthians 9:27 ; 1 John 1:8-10 ; 1 Kings 8:46 ; 1 Peter 3:10 ; 1 Peter 5:10 ; 2 Chronicles 6:36 ; Colossians 1:28 ; Colossians 4:12 ; Ec...
The same is able to bridle the whole body — That is, the whole man. And doubtless some are able to do this, and so are in this sense perfect.
2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.