James 3:2

For, oft, are we stumbling, one and all: If anyone, in word, doth not stumble, the same, is a mature man, able to curb even the whole body.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 teachers, become ye, my brethren, knowing that, a severer sentence, shall ye receive;

3Now, if, the horses bits, into their mouths, we thrust, to the end they may be yielding to us, their whole body also, do we turn about.

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:46When they sin against thee—for there is, no son of earth, that sinneth not, and thou shalt be angry with them, and deliver them up before an enemy,—who shall carry them away as their captives, into the land of the enemy, far or near;

Job 15:13For thy spirit, replieth against GOD, and thou bringest forth—out of thy mouth—words!

Proverbs 13:3He that watcheth his mouth, guardeth his soul, He that openeth wide his lips, [it shall be] his ruin.

Ecclesiastes 7:20For, as for men, there is none righteous in the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Matthew 12:37For, by thy words, shalt thou be, justified, and, by thy words, shalt thou be condemned.

Romans 7:21Hence, I find the law, to me who wish to be doing the right, that, unto me, the wrong lieth near:

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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