James 3:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

a. the.

world. App-129. Used here in the sense of aggregate.

iniquity. App-128.

is. is constituted or takes its place. Greek. kathistemi, as in James 4:4.

among. App-104.

that it defileth. the one defiling. Greek. spiloo. Only here and Jude 1:23.

and setteth, &c. = setting on fire. Greek. phlogizo. Only in this verse. Compare 2 Thessalonians 1:8.

course. Greek. troches. Only here.

nature. Greek. genesis. See James 1:23.

it is. being.

hell. App-131.

James 3:6

6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the coursec of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.