James 3

James 3:1

• Not
• My brothers and sisters, not
• Let not

• many of
• many

• should
• you

• become
• be

• teachers, my

• brothers, for
• brothers, because
• brothers and sisters, because

• you

• know that
• know that those of

• we
• we who teach
• us who teach

• will
• shall

• be judged
• receive a
• be judged with
• be judged by a
• receive

• more
• stricter
• greater
• heavier

• judgment,
• judgment.
• strictly,
• strictly.
• standard.
• strictly than others.
• severely.
• strictness.

James 3:2

• For we all
• for we all
• We all
• All of us

• stumble in
• make

• many ways. If

• anyone
• someone

• does

• not
• n’t

• stumble in what he

• says,
• says

• he

• is a
• is

• perfect
• mature

• man,
• individual,

• able to

• bridle the
• keep the

• whole body as well.

James 3:3

• We
• If we
• Now if we
• When we
• Indeed, we
• And if we

• put
• put a

• bits into the
• bits in the
• bit into the

• mouths of
• mouth of a

• horses to
• horse to

• make

• them
• it

• obey us, then we

• can control
• guide
• can direct
• turn
• also guide

• their

• whole
• entire

• bodies.
• body.
• animal.

James 3:4

• Look at the
• Or think of

• ships also; though
• ships also: though
• ships also, though

• they are so

• large and
• great and
• big and

• are driven by

• strong
• fierce

• winds, they are

• steered by a
• guided by a

• very small

• rudder wherever the
• rudder, wherever the

• will of the
• impulse of the
• inclination of the

• pilot
• helmsman

• directs.
• desires.

James 3:5

• [Translation pending]

James 3:6

• [Translation pending]

James 3:7

• For every kind of
• For every species of
• All kinds of

• animals,
• beast and
• animal,
• animals and
• beasts and

• birds,
• bird,
• bird, of
• birds, of

• reptile and
• reptile, and
• reptiles, and
• reptiles and

• sea
• creatures of the

• creature
• creature,
• sea,
• sea
• creatures,
• creatures

• can be
• is

• tamed, and
• tamed and
• subdued and

• has
• have

• been

• tamed, by
• tamed by
• tamed by the
• subdued by

• mankind,
• mankind;
• mankind.
• human species.
• human species,
• man,
• humans;
• humans.
• humankind,
• humankind.

James 3:8

• but no one
• But no one
• But no man
• but no man
• But no human being
• but no human being
• But nobody
• but nobody

• can
• is able to

• tame the
• control the
• subdue the

• tongue; it is a
• tongue. It is a
• tongue. It is an
• tongue. It is

• restless
• unruly
• restless and
• wild and

• evil,
• evil
• evil, and
• evil and

• full of deadly

• poison.
• poison,
• poison!

James 3:9

• With it
• With our tongues

• we

• bless the
• praise
• bless
• give thanks to

• our Lord and
• Lord and
• our God and

• Father, and with
• Father, but

• it
• then

• we curse

• men, who
• men who
• people who
• people, who

• are made in
• are made ‘in
• were created in

• God’s

• likeness.
• likeness.’
• likeness!
• image.
• image:

James 3:10

• from the same
• From the same
• Out of the same

• mouth come

• blessing and
• blessings and

• cursing.
• curses.
• curses!

• My

• brothers and sisters, this
• brothers, this
• brothers, these things
• brethren, these things

• should
• ought
• is

• not
• not to
• n’t

• happen.
• happen!
• be so.
• be so!
• right!
• be.
• be this way!
• be this way.

James 3:11

• Do
• Can

• fresh
• good

• water and

• salt
• bad

• water
• water and
• water both

• flow from the
• flow out of the

• same

• spring?
• opening.
• opening?
• source?
• place?

James 3:12

• My

• brothers and sisters,
• brothers,

• can a fig tree

• produce
• bear
• make

• olives?
• olives? Or
• olives, or
• olives or

• Can a
• can a

• grape-vine
• grapevine

• make

• figs? No, and a
• figs? No! And a

• well full of salty water

• ca
• can

• not
• n’t

• produce
• give

• fresh
• good

• water.

James 3:13

• Who is
• Who among you is

• wise and understanding among you?

• Let
• let

• him show by his good

• behavior
• conduct that

• his

• works in the
• works in

• meekness of
• humility of

• wisdom,
• wisdom.

James 3:14

• But if you
• If you

• have
• are selfish and have

• bitter

• jealousy and
• envy and

• selfish ambition in your

• hearts,
• heart,

• do

• not
• n’t

• boast and
• be arrogant and
• boast and be

• tell lies against the
• false to the

• truth.

James 3:15

• This is
• this is

• not the wisdom that comes down from above, but

• is earthly,
• earthly,

• unspiritual,
• natural,
• sensual,
• unspiritual and
• unspiritual, and

• demonic.
• devilish.

James 3:16

• For where there is
• Where there is
• Wherever there is

• jealousy and
• envy and

• selfishness, there is

• disorder and every
• confusion and every
• disorder and

• evil
• vile
• wickedness of every
• evil of every

• practice.
• kind;
• kind.
• deed.

James 3:17

• But the wisdom from
• But the wisdom that
• But the wisdom that is from
• But the wisdom that comes from

• above is

• first
• first of all

• pure.
• pure;
• pure,

• then

• peaceful,
• peaceable,
• peace-loving,

• gentle,

• compliant,
• reasonable,
• obedient,
• open to reason,

• full of
• filled with

• mercy, and
• mercy and

• good

• fruits
• fruits,
• fruits, without
• fruit,
• deeds,
• deeds;

• impartial and
• impartial, and
• partiality, and without
• partiality and without
• favoritism and

• hypocrisy,
• hypocrisy.
• sincere.

James 3:18

• And the fruit of
• And a harvest of
• Now the fruit of

• righteousness is

• sown in
• planted in

• peace by those who
• peace among those who
• peace for those who

• make
• cultivate

• peace.