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James 3 :: New English Translation (NET)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:1 - Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:2 - For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:3 - And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:4 - Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot's inclination directs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:5 - So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:6 - And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence - and is set on fire by hell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:7 - For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:8 - But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:9 - With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God's image.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:10 - From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:11 - A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:12 - Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:13 - Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:14 - But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:15 - Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:16 - For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:17 - But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:18 - And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
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James Chapter 3 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Morphological Greek New Testament Textus Receptus Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras