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1 My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we who are such shall pass a stricter trial than others: for in many things we all offend; 2 and if any offend not in word, he is a compleat man, able to manage also the whole body. 3 Behold we put bridles into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body as we please. 4 Behold also the ships which are of so great bulk, and even when they are driven by hard winds, yet are turned about by a very small helm which way soever the pilot pleaseth. 5 So the tongue is a small part of the body, yet boasteth great things. Behold how much fuel a little fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our several parts, defiling the whole body, inflaming the course of nature, and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of wild beasts, and birds, and reptiles, and fishes, is tamed and hath been tamed by mankind: 8 but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James 3:1-8, Worsley New Testament. Public domain.
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