Talking Too Much

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

`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;

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.

and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance,

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; — read the full passage →

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;

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

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;

A sepulchre opened <FI>is<Fi> their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps <FI>is<Fi> under their lips. — read the full passage →

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

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;

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

Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, `To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,' — 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; — read the full passage →

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

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

`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.

`And--praying--ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,

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;

because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

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,

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

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

What, then, shall we say? the law <FI>is<Fi> sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said: — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' — read the full passage →

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 →

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

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter? — read the full passage →

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God; — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things <FI>are<Fi> naked and open to His eyes--with whom is our reckoning.

not that I seek after the gift, but I seek after the fruit that is overflowing to your account;

not that in respect of want I say <FI>it<Fi> , for I did learn in the things in which I am--to be content; — read the full passage →

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature,

And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> , we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, `God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →