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3:1  My brethren, not many of you should become teachers, for you know that we will face a more severe judgment.
3:2  For all of us fall short in many ways. Anyone who never makes a mistake in speech has reached perfection and is able to control every part of his body.
3:3  When we put a bit into a horse’s mouth to make it obey us, we also guide its entire body.
3:4  Or think of ships. Even though they are large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder on whatever course the helmsman chooses.
3:5  In the same way, the tongue is a small member but its pretensions are great. Consider how a small fire can set ablaze a great forest.
3:6  And the tongue is also a fire, a world of evil that infects the entire body. It sets afire the entire course of our existence and is itself set on fire by Gehenna.
3:7  For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by man,
3:8  but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
3:9  With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.
3:10  Out of the same mouth flow blessings and curses. This should not be so, my brethren.
3:11  Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?
3:12  Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives or can a grapevine produce figs? Neither can salt water yield fresh water.
3:13  Who among you is wise and understanding? Prove by your good life that your works are done with the humility that comes from wisdom.
3:14  But if your hearts are filled with bitter envy and selfish ambition, do not be boastful in defiance of the truth.
3:15  Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.
3:16  For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disharmony and every type of wickedness.
3:17  However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, and considerate, full of mercy and good fruits, without any trace of partiality or hypocrisy.
3:18  And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who are peacemakers.