James 3:2

All of us make mistakes in many ways. Anyone who doesn't make mistakes in what they say is truly a good person who can keep the whole body under control.

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In The King James Version

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 Context

1My friends, not many of you should become teachers, because you know that we who teach will have a heavier responsibility in the judgment.

3We put bridles into the mouths of horses so that they'll obey us, and we can direct them wherever we want.

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:46If they sin against you—and there is nobody who does not sin—you may become angry with them and hand them over to an enemy who takes them away as prisoners to a foreign land, near or far away.

Job 15:13Why do your eyes flash in anger that you turn against God and let yourself speak this way?

Proverbs 13:3Watch what you say and save your life—saying too much leads to disaster.

Ecclesiastes 7:20There's not one good person in all the world who always does what is right and never sins.

Matthew 12:37For what you say will either vindicate you or condemn you.”

Romans 7:21This is the principle I've discovered: if I want to do what's good, evil is always there too.

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 →

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