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James 3:3
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
JAMES 3:3 eiv de, {C} The itacistic confusion between ei and i being extremely common, it is possible that a copyist wrote ide but meant ei de, or vice versa (see Moulton-Howard, _Grammar,_ pp. 76 f....
Verse James 3:3. _BEHOLD, WE PUT BITS IN THE HORSES' MOUTHS_] In order to show the necessity of regulating the tongue, to which St. James was led by his exhortation to them who wished to thrust thems...
BEHOLD, WE PUT BITS IN THE HORSES” MOUTHS ... - The meaning of this simple illustration is, that as we control a horse by the bit - though the bit is a small thing - so the body is controlled by the t...
III. THE EVILS OF THE TONGUE CORRECTED CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The tongue and its work (James 3:1)_ 2. The wisdom which is earthly and the wisdom that is from above (James 3:13) James 3:1 The practical cha...
Do not crowd into the ranks of the teachers, my brothers. You know that we teachers shall be judged more severely than other men; and there are many things in which all of us stumble. This leads to th...
If we put bits into horses' mouths to make them obedient to us, we can control the direction of their whole body as well. Look at ships, too. See how large they are and how they are driven by rough wi...
THE TEACHER'S PERIL (James 3:1) _ 3:1 My brothers, it is a mistake for many of you to become teachers, for you must be well aware that those of us who teach will receive a greater condemnation._ In...
BEHOLD. App-133.; but the texts read ei (App-118. a) _de,_ "But if". BITS. Greek. _chalinos._ Here and Revelation 14:20. THAT. to the end that (App-104.), but the texts read _eis_ (vi). OBEY. App-1...
_Behold, we put bits in the horses" mouths_ The thought of man's power over brute creatures and natural forces, and of his impotence in the greater work of self-government, present a singular parallel...
εἰ δὲ with אABC (ιδε) KL and many others, also O.L. and Vulgate (si autem). ἰδοὺ is read in a few cursives and has the authority of several versions. 3. ΕἸ ΔῈ ΤΩ͂Ν ἼΠΠΩΝ κ.τ.λ. A man’s tongue or speec...
2–12. FROM THIS THOUGHT OF THE TEACHING OFFICE AND ITS RESPONSIBILITIES AND FAILURES THERE IS A NATURAL TRANSITION TO THE USE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE. Yet so passionate and agitated is the rebuk...
_CAREFUL ABOUT CONTROL -- JAMES 3:2-6:_ The fact that all teachers are prone to speak error is one of the main reason why men were cautioned about seeking to be a teacher. Mistakes in teaching not onl...
ΊΠΠΟΣ (G2462) лошадь. _Gen._ здесь относится к слову ΧΑΛΙΝΟΎΣ, но стоит перед ним, потому что содержит эмфатическую идею (Ropes), ΧΑΛΙΝΌΣ (G5469) узда, удила. Это либо собственно удила (или поводья),...
A BIG THING IN A LITTLE PACKAGE _Text 3:3-5a_ James 3:3. Now if we put the horses bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also. James 3:4. Behold, the ships...
CHAPTER VI _THE FOOLISH TEACHER_ James 3:1-12 _Introduction_ In James 1:16; James 1:26 James said Be swift to hear, slow to speak. In a sense, the balance of chapter one develops the thought of how...
_FOURTEEN THREE-PART SERMON STARTERS_ PROFESSIONAL WRECKERS James 3:1-5 1. Every man has a tendency to wreak havoc James 3:2. 2. A very small crow-bar can wreck a big house James 3:3-4. 3. The t...
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. BEHOLD. So C. But 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate [ ei (G1510) de (G1161)], 'But if;' "What if" (Romans...
VERSE 3. BEHOLD, WE PUT BITS IN THE HORSES' MOUTHS. This is a well-known daily occurrence among men. By the use of the bit the movement of the horse is controlled. The horse obeys us. By it we turn t...
20 The case of Abraham is most helpful in further defining the distinct viewpoints of Paul and James. The former refers us to the fifteenth chapter of Genesis, the latter to the twenty-second. In the...
THE CONTROL OF THE TONGUE 1, 2. Warning against undue eagerness to teach: cp. Matthew 12:37; Matthew 23:7; Romans 2:19; 1 Corinth
WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO JAMES _IAN MACKERVOY_ The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 3 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TEACHER 3:1-5A V1 My Christian brothers and sisters,...
BEHOLD. — A more clumsy reading is insisted upon here: _but if,_ instead of “behold.” The supporters of such curious corrections argue that the least likely is the most so; and thus every slip of a co...
CHAPTER 14 HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHERS-THE POWERS AND PROPENSITIES OF THE TONGUE-THE SELF-DEFILEMENT OF THE RECKLESS TALKER. James 3:1 FROM the "idle faith" St. James goes on to speak of the...
James 3:1-18 form a self-contained section; the subject dealt with is the bridling of the tongue, see above James 1:19; James 1:26-27....
εἰ δὲ : this is the best attested reading, but see Mayor's admirable note in favour of the reading ἴδε γάρ. τῶν ἵππων : “The genitive is here put in an emphatic place to mark the comparison. It belong...
BRIDLE THE TONGUE James 3:1 It is much easier to teach people what they should be and do than to obey our own precepts. Even the best of us stumble in many respects; but our most frequent failures ar...
The writer now proceeded to show the effect of faith on speech. Beginning with the warning against every man setting up to teach, he proceeded to deal with the power of speech. He likened the tongue t...
LITTLE, BUT POWERFUL We all continually trip or slip into wrong actions. Thankfully, Christ's blood continually cleanses (1 John 1:7-9). The most common sins must be those of the tongue because James...
(4) Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. (4) He shows by two comparisons, the one taken from the bridles of horses, the other from the...
_If we put bits, &c. By the help of a bridle, a skillful rider can turn and guide horses never so headstrong and unruly. An experienced pilot sitting at the helm, steers the course of the vessel in a...
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. (2) For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also...
To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
3_We put bits in the horses’ mouths_. By these two comparisons he proves that a great part of true perfection is in the tongue, and that it exercises dominion, as he has just said, over the whole life...
In Chapter 3 the apostle recurs to the tongue, the most ready index to the heart, the proof whether the new man is inaction, whether nature and self-will are under restraint. But there is hardly anyth...
BEHOLD, WE PUT BITS IN THE HORSES' MOUTHS,.... By this, and the following simile, the apostle not only expresses the smallness of that member of the body, which is like the bit in the horse's mouth, a...
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Ver. 3. _That they may obey us_] Horses, asses, camels, elephants, God in great wisdom, for the u...
_Behold_, &c. As if the apostle had said, Think not the tongue a weak member because it is small; _we put bits in the horses' mouths that they may obey us_ May go as we direct them; _and_, strong, and...
Here we begin a fourth division of the book, which continues to the end of Ch.4; in which our walk is tested by the circumstances of the world. Certainly in the previous Chapter s there is emphasis al...
Explain the use of a bit in a horse's mouth. How does this control the horse? Why does turning the head direct the whole body?...
ILLUSTRATIONS James 3:3 "Now if we put the bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, we direct their entire body as well"."bits into the horses' mouths" -"In both illustrations the analog...
1-12 We are taught to dread an unruly tongue, as one of the greatest evils. The affairs of mankind are thrown into confusion by the tongues of men. Every age of the world, and every condition of life...
He illustrates the former proposition, that he that can rule his tongue may rule his whole body, by two similitudes: the first, of an unruly horse, which yet, as wanton as he is, being curbed in with...
James 3:3 Indeed G2400 (G5628) put G906 (G5719) bits G5469 in G1519 horses G2462 mouths G4750 that...
‘ Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.' The thought of bridling the body now brings to his mind an illustration, and that is...
James 3:3. St. James introduces two illustrations to prove the truth of his remark, that if a man is able to command his tongue, he is able also to command his whole conduct. The first illustration, t...
IF WE PUT (ε βαλλομεν). Condition of the first class assumed as true.THE HORSES' BRIDLES (των ιππων τους χαλινους). Hιππων (genitive plural of ιππος, horse, old word, in N.T. only here except in t...
CONTENTS: Control of the tongue. CHARACTERS: God, James. CONCLUSION: The Christian who is not affected by the sins of the tongue but takes care to avoid them, has an undoubted sign of true grace. Th...
James 3:1. _Be not many masters:_ διδασκαλοι, teachers. In some assemblies they might all prophesy one by one, but no man should be too forward; he will never shine as a teacher, unless he _be_ a teac...
WE PUT A BIT. "We use a _bit_ in the mouth of a horse to control it. Such a small thing has great influence....
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 3:3 BITS in a horse’s mouth and the SMALL RUDDER on a ship are examples of very small things that control large objects....
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 3:1 The Sin of Dissension in the Community. This section is the longest in the letter. It discusses the problems people cause with their speech (James 3:1;...
OUR SINS OF SPEECH _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 3:1. MASTERS.—Teachers. In the sixteenth century “master” meant “schoolmaster.” Do not get into the way of being teachers. Do not set yourselv...
EXPOSITION JAMES 3:1 WARNING AGAINST OVER-READINESS TO TEACH, LEADING TO A DISCOURSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENT OF
Let's turn to James chapter three. James first of all warns against a desire to teach the Word of God that would stem or emanate just from your own desire to be in front of people or whatever. My bre...
2 Kings 19:28; Isaiah 37:29; James 1:26; Psalms 32:9; Psalms 39:1...
Behold. Following the old reading, ide. All the best texts read eij de, now if. So Rev. Bits [χ α λ ι ν ο υ ς]. Only here and Revelation 14:20. It may be rendered either bit, as A. V., or bridle, as...
We — That is, men....
As we rule the whole body of. horse by. bridle in its mouth, so by bridling our tongues, we shall rule and govern all the actions of our lives. Note, that as hot and hard mouthed horses, so the tongue...