James 3:2
For we all stumble in many things. If any man does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive greater judgment.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:46If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sins not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, afar off or near,
Job 15:13that against God thou turn thy spirit, and let words go out of thy mouth?
Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth that does good, and sins not.
Matthew 12:37For from thy words thou will be justified, and from thy words thou will be condemned.
Romans 7:21Consequently I find the law in my wanting to do good, that evil is present in me.
Matthew Henry on James 3:2-13
Government of the Tongue. ( a. d. 61.) 1 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 to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm,… Read the whole commentary →