Friday, 2 August 2019

Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. James 3:10

The previous thought from James is that with our mouths we both bless our God and Father, and with it we also curse men who were created in God’s image.… Read the rest

Thursday, 1 August 2019

With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. James 3:9

James, having just spoken about man’s inability to tame the tongue, goes on to write, “With it we bless our God and Father.” Some manuscripts say, “Lord and Father.” If the rendering is “Lord,” there is already a precedent for calling Him “Father” in Isaiah 9:6.… Read the rest

Wednesday, 31 July 2019

But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James 3:8

In the previous verse, James spoke of the taming of “every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea.” Man has subdued life on the earth so much so that he has massive elephants standing on balls in the circus, and killer whales bouncing balls off their noses in large aquariums.… Read the rest

Tuesday, 30 July 2019

For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. James 3:7

James now takes the example of an unrestrained tongue, and he contrasts it to the beasts of the earth, some of which are incredibly wild, some ferocious, some plainly stupid, some bearing various types of intelligence, and so on.… Read the rest

Monday, 29 July 2019

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. James 3:6

For this verse, James pulled out his Greek lexicon and used several words which are rarely found, or only found here.… Read the rest