James 3:2

Coverdale Bible (1535)

for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a parfecte man, & able to tame all the body.

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  • Jas 1:26 : 26 Yf eny man amonge you seme deuoute, & refrayne not his toge: but deceaue his awne herte, this mannes deuocion is in vayne.
  • Matt 12:37 : 37 Out of thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, & out of thy wordes thou shalt be codemned.
  • 1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For who so listeth to lyue, and wolde fayne se good dayes, Let him refrayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes yt they speake no gyle.
  • Jas 3:5-6 : 5 Euen so the toge is a lyttell member, and bosteth great thinges. Beholde how gret a thinge a lyttell fyre kyndleth, 6 and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure membres, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his life: but who so speaketh vnaduysed, fyndeth harme.
  • Prov 20:9 : 9 Who can saye: my hert is cleane, I am innocent from synne?
  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 for there is not one iust vpo earth, yt doth good, & sinneth not.
  • Isa 64:6 : 6 We are all as an vnclene thinge, & all oure rightuousnesses are as the clothes stayned with the floures of a woman: we fall euerychone as the leaf, for oure synnes carie vs awaye like the wynde.
  • Rom 3:10 : 10 As it is wrytte: There is none righteous, no not one.
  • 1 Kgs 8:46 : 46 Whan they synne agaynst the (for there is no ma that synneth not) & thou be wroth, and delyuer the vnto their enemyes, so that they cary them awaye captyue in to the enemyes londe farre or nye,
  • Gal 3:22 : 22 But ye scripture hath shut vp all vnder synne, that ye promes shulde come by the faith on Iesus Christ, geue vnto the that beleue.
  • Rom 7:21 : 21 Thus fynde I now by the lawe, yt whan I wyl do good, euell is present with me.
  • Jas 1:4 : 4 and let pacience haue her parfect worke, yt ye maye be parfecte aud sounde, lakinge nothinge.
  • 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 Yf we saye that we haue no synne, we disceaue oure selues, and the trueth is not in vs. 9 But yf we knowlege oure synnes, he is faithfull and iust to forgeue vs oure synnes, & to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes. 10 Yf we saye, we haue not synned, we make him a lyar, and his worde is not in vs.
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But ye God of all grace, which hath called you to his euerlastinge glory in Christ Iesu, shal his owne selfe make you perfecte, which suffre a litle season: eue he shal settle, strength, and stablish you.
  • 1 Cor 9:27 : 27 but I tame my body, and brynge it in to subieccion, lest whan I preach vnto other: I my selfe be a cast awaye.
  • Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh lusteth agaynst the sprete, and the sprete agaynst the flesh. These are contrary one to the other, so that ye can not do that which ye wolde:
  • Col 1:28 : 28 who we preach, and warne all men, and teach all men in all wyssdome, to make euery man parfecte in Christ Iesu:
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras a seruaunt of Christ, which is one of you, saluteth you, & allwaye laboureth feruently for you in prayers, yt ye maye stonde perfecte and full, in all that is the wil of God.
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 make you perfecte in all good workes, to do his wyll, workynge in you that which is pleasaunt in his sighte thorow Iesus Christ, to whom be prayse for euer and euer Amen.
  • 2 Chr 6:36 : 36 Whan they synne agaynst the ( for there is no man that synneth not) and thou be wroth at them, and geue them ouer before their enemyes, so that they cary them awaye captyue in to a countre farre or nye,
  • Ps 34:13 : 13 Let him refrayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes that they speake no gyle.
  • Jas 2:10 : 10 Whosoeuer shal kepe the whole lawe, and yet fayle in one poynt, he is gyltie in all.

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    3Beholde, we put bittes into the horses mouthes yt they shulde obeye vs, and we turne aboute all the body.

    4Beholde also ye shyppes, which though they be so gret, and are dryuen of fearce windes, yet are they turned about with a very smale helme, whither soeuer the violence of the gouerner wyll.

    5Euen so the toge is a lyttell member, and bosteth great thinges. Beholde how gret a thinge a lyttell fyre kyndleth,

    6and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure membres, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell.

    7All the natures of beastes, and of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thinges of the see, are meked and tamed of the nature of ma.

    8But the toge can no man tame. Yt is an vnruely euell full of deedly poysou.

    9Therwith blesse we God the father, and therwith cursse we men which are made after the similitude of God.

    10Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge and cursynge. My brethre these thinges ought not so to be.

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    25But who so loketh in ye perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth therin (yf he be not a forgetfull hearer, but a doar of the worke) the same shalbe happie in his dede.

    26Yf eny man amonge you seme deuoute, & refrayne not his toge: but deceaue his awne herte, this mannes deuocion is in vayne.

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    19Wherfore deare brethren, let euery man be swifte to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.

    20For the wrath of ma worketh not that which is righteous before God.

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    3Let vs geue no man occasion of euell, that oure office be not euell spoken of:

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    8worde which can not be rebuked: that he which withstodeth maye be ashamed, hauynge nothinge in you that he maye disprayse.

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    23For yf eny heare the worde, and do it not, he is like vnto a ma that beholdeth his bodily face in a glasse.

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    23Who so kepeth his mouth and his tonge, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

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    3For we oure selues also were in tymes past, vnwyse, dishobedient, in erroure, seruynge lustes and dyuerse maners of voluptuousnes, lyuynge in maliciousnes and envye, full of hate, hatynge one another.

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    4A wholsome tonge is a tre of life, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde.

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