James 3:2

for emphatically-all[we] are-stumbling many[neuter]. If anyone is_not_stumbling in to{word/reason/account}, the-same [is] [an] accomplished[adjective] man, enabled[adjective] to-bridle/rein/bit-lead also the whole body.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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

1Not many be-becoming teachers, brothers of{me}, having-beheld that we-will-take/get greater judge-effect/judgment,

3Behold the bridles/reins/bits of{the horses} we-are-casting into the mouths toward the same to-be-being-persuaded to{us}, and we-are-change-leading/diverting/transferring the whole body of{same}.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:37for out of{the words} of{you} you-will-be-justified and out of{the words} of{you} you-will-be-justified-down/against/condemned."

Romans 7:21Consequently, I-am-discovering the law to{the emphatically-me will-ing} to-be-doing the good, that to{emphatically-me} the bad is-being-lain-beside,

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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