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The Tongue Is a Fire
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|Tiago 3:1| Not many[of you] should become teachers[serving in an official teaching capacity] , my brothers and sisters, for you know that we[who are teachers] will1 be judged by a higher standard[because we have assumed greater accountability and more condemnation if we teach incorrectly] .
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|Tiago 3:2| For we all stumble and sin in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says[never saying the wrong thing] , he is a perfect man[fully developed in character, without serious flaws] , able to bridle his whole body and rein in his entire nature[taming his human faults and weaknesses] .
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|Tiago 3:3| Now if we put bits into the horses' mouths to make them obey us, we guide their whole body as well.
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|Tiago 3:4| And look at the ships. Even though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the impulse of the helmsman determines.
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|Tiago 3:5|In the same sense, the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.
See[by comparison] how great a forest is set on fire by a small spark!
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|Tiago 3:6| And the tongue is[in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life[the cycle of man's existence] , and is itself set on fire by2 hell (Gehenna).
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|Tiago 3:7| For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and sea creatures, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.
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|Tiago 3:8| But no one can tame the human tongue; it is a restless evil[undisciplined, unstable] , full of deadly poison.
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|Tiago 3:9| With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God.
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|Tiago 3:10| Out of the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. These things, my brothers, should not be this way[for we have a moral obligation to speak in a manner that reflects our fear of God and profound respect for His precepts] .
