James 3:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πολλὰ γὰρ πταίομεν ἅπαντες. Εἴ τις ἐν λόγῳ οὐ πταίει, οὗτος τέλειος ἀνήρ, δυνατὸς χαλιναγωγῆσαι καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα.

Transliteration

Many things gar we ptaiomen hapantes. If anyone in logō not ptaiei, this one teleios anēr, dynatos to chalinagōgēsai also holon the sōma.

Grammar Details

*gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
*ptaiomen*: present indicative, active, 1st plural - we stumble/err
*hapantes*: nominative, masculine, plural - all/everyone
*logō*: dative, masculine, singular - word/speech
*ptaiei*: present indicative, active, 3rd singular - stumbles/errs
*teleios*: nominative, masculine, singular - perfect/complete
*anēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - man/husband
*dynatos*: nominative, masculine, singular - able/powerful
*chalinagōgēsai*: aorist infinitive, active - to bridle/control
*holon*: accusative, neuter, singular - whole/entire
*sōma*: accusative, neuter, singular - body

Word Meanings

*ptaiomen*: stumble/err/fail/offend
*logō*: word/speech/message
*teleios*: perfect/complete/mature
*chalinagōgēsai*: to bridle/control/restrain

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Referenced Verses

Jas 1:26 : 26 If any man {G1722} {G5213} thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.
Matt 12:37 : 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:
Jas 3:5-6 : 5 None So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. 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 {G3779} is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
Prov 13:3 : 3 He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; [But] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Prov 20:9 : 9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Eccl 7:20 : 20 Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Isa 64:6 : 6 For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Rom 3:10 : 10 as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one;
1 Kgs 8:46 : 46 If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near;
Gal 3:22 : 22 But the scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Rom 7:21 : 21 I find then the law, that, to me who would do good, evil is present.
Jas 1:4 : 4 And let patience have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.
1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, {G2424} after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself {G5209} perfect, establish, strengthen you.
1 Cor 9:27 : 27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, {G4458} after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that {G302} ye would.
Col 1:28 : 28 whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;
Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
Heb 13:21 : 21 make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
2 Chr 6:36 : 36 If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto a land far off or near;
Ps 34:13 : 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
Jas 2:10 : 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one [point], he is become guilty of all.

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