Tame Your Tongue

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,

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;

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;

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.'

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive, — 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!

`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things--being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

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.

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;

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

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

`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;

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

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

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

A sepulchre opened <FI>is<Fi> their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps <FI>is<Fi> under their lips.

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,

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,

`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 →

`Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known. — read the full passage →

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

lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;

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 →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — read the full passage →

doth the fountain out of the same opening pour forth the sweet and the bitter?

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part <FI>is<Fi> in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — read the full passage →

Who <FI>is<Fi> wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,

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 →

wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

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

is a fig-tree able, my brethren, olives to make? or a vine figs? so no fountain salt and sweet water <FI>is able<Fi> to make.

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

Are ye ignorant, brethren--for to those knowing law I speak--that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth? — read the full passage →

And after the ceasing of the tumult, Paul having called near the disciples, and having embraced <FI>them<Fi> , went forth to go on to Macedonia; — read the full passage →

And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter;

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,

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

But say may some one, Thou hast faith, and I have works, shew me thy faith out of thy works, and I will shew thee out of my works my faith:

From their fruits ye shall know them; do <FI>men<Fi> gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?

but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man; — read the full passage →

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

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 →

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

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