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JAMES 3:8 avkata,staton {B}
Instead of characterizing the tongue as a “restless
(avkata,staton)” evil (a A B K P 1739* _al_), other witnesses of
somewhat less weight (C Y and most minuscules) describ...
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Verse 8. _BUT THE TONGUE WAN NO MAN TAME_] No cunning, persuasion, or
influence has ever been able to silence it. Nothing but the grace of
God, _excision_, or _death_, can bring _it_ under subjection....
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BUT THE TONGUE CAN NO MAN TAME - This does not mean that it is never
brought under control, but that it is impossible effectually and
certainly to subdue it. It would be possible to subdue and domesti...
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III. THE EVILS OF THE TONGUE CORRECTED
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The tongue and its work (James 3:1)_
2. The wisdom which is earthly and the wisdom that is from above
(James 3:13)
James 3:1
The practical cha...
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Do not crowd into the ranks of the teachers, my brothers. You know
that we teachers shall be judged more severely than other men; and
there are many things in which all of us stumble. This leads to th...
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Every kind of beast and bird, and reptile and fish, is and has been
tamed for the service of mankind; but no man can tame the tongue. It
is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
The idea of the tam...
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THE TEACHER'S PERIL (James 3:1)
_ 3:1 My brothers, it is a mistake for many of you to become teachers,
for you must be well aware that those of us who teach will receive a
greater condemnation._
In...
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NO MAN. no one (Greek. _oudeis)_ of men (App-123.)
UNRULY. Greek. _akataschetos._ Only here, but the texts read
_akatastatos,_ unstable, restless, as in James 1:8.
EVIL. App-128.
DEADLY. Greek. _th...
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_but the tongue can no man tame_ There is a special force in the Greek
tense for "tame", which expresses not habitual, but momentary action.
St James had learnt, by what he saw around him, and yet mor...
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2–12.
FROM THIS THOUGHT OF THE TEACHING OFFICE AND ITS RESPONSIBILITIES AND
FAILURES THERE IS A NATURAL TRANSITION TO THE USE AND GOVERNMENT OF
THE TONGUE. Yet so passionate and agitated is the rebuk...
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ἈΚΑΤΆΣΤΑΤΟΝ with אABP, Old Latin and Vulgate &c.
ἀκατάσχετον of the T.R. is read in CKL and many later MSS.
8. ἈΚΑΤΆΣΤΑΤΟΝ, RESTLESS, DISQUIETED.
ἀκατάσχετον, uncontrolled, unruly. For the reading se...
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_CONSTANT IN TAMING -- JAMES 3:7-12:_ Man has had success in taming or
subduing all of creation, except the tongue. He has had no success in
the effort to tame that one thing. The tongue is a restless...
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ΔΑΜΆΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΔΑΜΆΖΩ (G1150)
укрощать. Инфинитив как дополнение к
основному гл. ΔΎΝΑΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. (dep.)
от_ ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ (G1410) быть способным, с _inf._
ΑΚΑΤΆΣΤΑΤΟΣ (G182) беспоко...
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FOR EVERY KIND OF BEASTS, &C.— Instead of _serpents,_ in this verse,
some read _creeping things._ Dr. Doddridge renders it _reptiles._ Good
men have through Divine grace governed their own tongues: ot...
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CHAPTER VI
_THE FOOLISH TEACHER_
James 3:1-12
_Introduction_
In James 1:16; James 1:26 James said Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
In a sense, the balance of chapter one develops the thought of how...
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_FOURTEEN THREE-PART SERMON STARTERS_
PROFESSIONAL WRECKERS James 3:1-5
1.
Every man has a tendency to wreak havoc James 3:2.
2.
A very small crow-bar can wreck a big house James 3:3-4.
3.
The t...
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WILD AND UNCONTROLLED
_Text 3:5b-8_
5b.
Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
6.
And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is
the tongue, which defileth th...
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But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly
poison.
NO MAN - literally, no one of men: neither can a man control his
neighbour's nor even his own tongue. Hence, the truth...
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VERSE 8. BUT THE TONGUE CAN NO MAN TAME.
This is a plain, simple statement that the observant among men will
not question. It is asserted by the apostle with much confidence a,
confidence founded upon...
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20 The case of Abraham is most helpful in further defining the
distinct viewpoints of Paul and James. The former refers us to the
fifteenth chapter of Genesis, the latter to the twenty-second. In the...
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UNRULY] better, 'restless,' 'unstable,' 'never still.'
9-12. 'The tongue is not only mischievous, but also gives rise to
inconsistency. With it we bless the God of love (and thereby profess
that we ar...
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THE CONTROL OF THE TONGUE
1, 2. Warning against undue eagerness to teach: cp. Matthew 12:37;
Matthew 23:7; Romans 2:19; 1 Corinth
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WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO
JAMES
_IAN MACKERVOY_
The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them.
CHAPTER 3
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TEACHER 3:1-5A
V1 My Christian brothers and sisters,...
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BUT THE TONGUE CAN NO MAN TAME; IT IS AN UNRULY (or, _restless_) EVIL,
FULL OF DEADLY POISON. — Mortiferous, bringer of death, like a
poisoned dart or arrow; and therefore most suggestive of envenomed...
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CHAPTER 14
HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHERS-THE POWERS AND PROPENSITIES OF THE
TONGUE-THE SELF-DEFILEMENT OF THE RECKLESS TALKER.
James 3:1
FROM the "idle faith" St. James goes on to speak of the...
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These verses, are, of course, not to be taken literally; their
exaggerative character rather reminds one of the orator carried away
by his subject. But it must be remembered that to the Oriental the
l...
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James 3:1-18 form a self-contained section; the subject dealt with is
the bridling of the tongue, see above James 1:19; James 1:26-27....
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BRIDLE THE TONGUE
James 3:1
It is much easier to teach people what they should be and do than to
obey our own precepts. Even the best of us stumble in many respects;
but our most frequent failures ar...
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The writer now proceeded to show the effect of faith on speech.
Beginning with the warning against every man setting up to teach, he
proceeded to deal with the power of speech. He likened the tongue t...
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NO ONE CAN TAME THE TONGUE
Mankind has been able to subdue all the animals, but not his tongue.
Woods notes that the verb indicates momentary action in regard to
taming. One may control his tongue for...
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_But the tongue no man can tame, without the special assistance of
God. (Witham) --- Wherefore we are to understand, says St. Augustine,
that as no one is able of himself to govern his tongue, we must...
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My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the
greater condemnation. (2) For in many things we offend all. If any man
offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also...
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To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James
from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no
means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
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In Chapter 3 the apostle recurs to the tongue, the most ready index to
the heart, the proof whether the new man is inaction, whether nature
and self-will are under restraint. But there is hardly anyth...
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BUT THE TONGUE CAN NO MAN TAME,.... Either his own, or others; not his
own, for the man that has the greatest guard upon himself, his words
and actions; yet, what through pride or passion, or one lust...
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But the tongue can no man tame; _it is_ an unruly evil, full of deadly
poison.
Ver. 8. _But the tongue, &c._] Where then are our justiciaries with
their pretended perfection? David's heart deceived h...
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_For every kind of beasts_ Πασα φυσις θηριων, _every
nature of wild beasts._ The phrase signifies the strength and
fierceness of wild beasts, the swiftness of birds, the poison of
serpents, the exceed...
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Warning against the abuse of the tongue:...
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BUT THE TONGUE CAN NO MAN TAME; IT IS AN UNRULY EVIL, FULL OF DEADLY
POISON....
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Here we begin a fourth division of the book, which continues to the
end of Ch.4; in which our walk is tested by the circumstances of the
world. Certainly in the previous Chapter s there is emphasis al...
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Why can't we tame our tongue? What kind of training will it take to
control the tongue? Discuss: Companion in Malachi 2:14. How is the
tongue an unruly evil? Why does James say it is full of deadly po...
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"But no one can tame the tongue; it is. restless evil and fully of
deadly poison."no one can tame the tongue" -"A literal translation of
the Greek word order yields this rendering: "But the tongue no...
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1-12 We are taught to dread an unruly tongue, as one of the greatest
evils. The affairs of mankind are thrown into confusion by the tongues
of men. Every age of the world, and every condition of life...
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BUT THE TONGUE; not only other men's tonges, but his own. CAN NO MAN
TAME; no man of himself, and without the assistance of Divine grace,
can bring his tongue into subjection, and keep it in order; no...
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‘But the tongue can no man tame. It is a restless evil, it is full
of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we
curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.'
For the on...
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James 3:8. BUT, expressive of contrast, THE TONGUE, generally
considered whether our own tongue or the tongue of others
CAN NO MAN TAME or subdue. The tongue is more unconquerable than the
wildest a...
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NO ONE
(ουδεις). Especially his own tongue and by himself, but one has
the help of the Holy Spirit.A RESTLESS EVIL
(ακαταστατον κακον). Correct reading, not
ακατασχετον, for which see James 1:8....
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CONTENTS: Control of the tongue.
CHARACTERS: God, James.
CONCLUSION: The Christian who is not affected by the sins of the
tongue but takes care to avoid them, has an undoubted sign of true
grace. Th...
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James 3:1. _Be not many masters:_ διδασκαλοι, teachers. In
some assemblies they might all prophesy one by one, but no man should
be too forward; he will never shine as a teacher, unless he _be_ a
teac...
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HAS EVER BEEN ABLE. _MacKnight_ says: "But the tongue of _other_ men
no one is able to subdue." James 3:2 shows that it is possible to
control our own tongue, even though few do it. FULL OF DEADLY POI...
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JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 3:1 The Sin of Dissension in the Community. This
section is the longest in the letter. It discusses the problems people
cause with their speech (James 3:1;...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
James 3:5. A MATTER.—Better, “a forest.” The picture presented
is of the wrapping of some vast forest in a flame by the falling of a
single spark. _Philo_ uses the same...
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EXPOSITION
JAMES 3:1
WARNING AGAINST OVER-READINESS TO TEACH, LEADING TO A DISCOURSE ON
THE IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENT OF
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Let's turn to James chapter three. James first of all warns against a
desire to teach the Word of God that would stem or emanate just from
your own desire to be in front of people or whatever.
My bre...
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Deuteronomy 32:33; Ecclesiastes 10:11; James 3:6; Psalms 140:3;...
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No man [ο υ δ ε ι ς α ν θ ρ ω π ω ν]. A strong
expression. Lit., no one of men.
Unruly [α κ α τ α σ χ ε τ ο ν]. Lit., not to be held back.
The proper reading, however, is ajkatastaton, unsettled. See...
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But no man can tame the tongue — Of another; no, nor his own,
without peculiar help from God....