James 3:2
For we all often offend. If any one offend not in word, *he* [is] a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body too.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1Be not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive greater judgment.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:46If they have sinned against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and give them up to the enemy, and they have carried them away captives unto the enemy's land, far or near;
Job 15:13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
Proverbs 13:3He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.
Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.
Matthew 12:37for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Romans 7:21I find then the law upon *me* who will to practise what is right, that with *me* evil is there.
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 →