Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
The tongue is a small part of the body but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue is also a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
No man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
With the tongue, we praise our Lord and Father and with it, we curse men, who’ve been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth comes praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.
Can both fresh water and saltwater flow from the same spring? My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
- Abridged from the Bible, Book of James – Chapter 3.
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