Power Of The Tongue

for `he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips--not to speak guile;

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; — read the full passage →

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, <FI>it is<Fi> an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

and the tongue <FI>is<Fi> a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive, — read the full passage →

`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

All things do without murmurings and reasonings,

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

for verily I say to you, that whoever may say to this mount, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he saith do come to pass, it shall be to him whatever he may say.

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! — read the full passage →

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.

your word always in grace--with salt being seasoned--to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive, — read the full passage →

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth; — read the full passage →

`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which <FI>is<Fi> evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one <FI>is<Fi> a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;

Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy, — read the full passage →

for verily I say to you, that whoever may say to this mount, Be taken up, and be cast into the sea, and may not doubt in his heart, but may believe that the things that he saith do come to pass, it shall be to him whatever he may say. — read the full passage →

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

lo, also the ships, being so great, and by fierce winds being driven, are led about by a very small helm, whithersoever the impulse of the helmsman doth counsel,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,