Wesley's Explanatory Notes
James 3:2
The same is able to bridle the whole body — That is, the whole man. And doubtless some are able to do this, and so are in this sense perfect.
The same is able to bridle the whole body — That is, the whole man. And doubtless some are able to do this, and so are in this sense perfect.
Verse James 3:2. _IN MANY THINGS WE OFFEND ALL._] πταιομεν απαντες. _We_ _all stumble_ or _trip_. Dr. Barrow very properly observes: "As the general course of life is called a _way_, and particular a...
FOR IN MANY THINGS WE OFFEND ALL - We all offend. The word here rendered offend, means to stumble, to fall; then to err, to fail in duty; and the meaning here is, that all were liable to commit error,...
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...
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...
OFFEND ALL. all stumble. See James 2:10. IF. App-118. ANY MAN. any one. App-123. IN. App-104. WORD. App-121. PERFECT. App-125. MAN. App-123. ALSO. Should come after "body". BRIDLE. See James 1...
_we offend all_ The word is the same as that in ch. James 2:10. See note there. _a perfect man …_ One who has attained the fulness of moral growth, as in 1 Corinthians 14:20; Hebrews 5:14, the same wo...
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...
ΠΟΛΛΆ, in many ways apart from speech. ΕἼ ΤΙΣ ἘΝ ΛΌΓΩΙ ΟΥ̓ ΠΡΑΊΕΙ. Comp. γλώσσῃ σὺ δεινός· ἄνδρα δʼ οὐδένʼ οἶδʼ ἐγὼ | δίκαιον ὅστις ἐξ ἃπαντος εὖ λέγει. | KP. χωπὶς τό τʼ εἰπεῖν πολλὰ και τὰ καίρια So...
_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...
ΠΟΛΛΆ _асс. pl. от_ ΠΟΛΎΣ (G4183) большой, много; "многие" _асс._ общей ссылки: "по отношению к многому" (RWP). ΠΤΑΊΟΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΤΑΊΩ (G4417) спотыкаться, оскорблять (_см._ James 2:10)...
DISCOURSE: 2366 THE BEST OF MEN BUT WEAK AND FRAIL James 3:2. _In many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body_. THAT pe...
FOR IN MANY THINGS WE OFFEND ALL, &C.— "The many infirmities, to which the best of us are subject, may indeed teach us to think with awe of that exact trial which we are to undergo on the great day, a...
_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...
TEMPTATION IN TEACHING _Text 3:1-2_ 1. Be not many of you teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment. 2. For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word...
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...
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. ALL, [ hapantes (G537)] - 'all without exception;' even the apos...
VERSE 2. FOR IN MANY THINGS WE OFFEND ALL. That is, we teachers offend all in many things. If we follow the Syriac, the expression is not limited to teachers, but applies equally to every Christian....
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,...
FOR IN MANY THINGS WE OFFEND ALL. — Better thus, _For in many things we all offend:_ not, what might be inferred, “we are an offence to all,” as Matthew 24:9; 1 Corinthians 4:13, _et al._ Humble, inde...
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....
πταίομεν : see note above on this word James 2:10. εἴ τις ἐν λογῳ οὐ πταίει : _Cf._ Sir 19:16, τίς οὐχ ἥμαρτεν ἐν τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτοῦ; τέλειος : see note on James 1:4. ἀνήρ : see note on James 1:12. χαλιν...
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...
For in many things we offend all. (3) If any man offend not in word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle the whole body. (3) The seventh place, concerning the bridling of the tongu...
For in many things we all offend, [1] fall into many, at least failings. --- If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He that in all occurrences can govern his tongue, has attained to...
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...
2_For in many things we offend all_. This may be taken as having been said by way of concession, as though he had said, “Be it that thou findest what is blamable in thy brethren, for no one is free fr...
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...
FOR IN MANY THINGS WE OFFEND ALL,.... Or "we all offend", slip and fall; no man lives without sin; in many, in most, if not in all things, a good man himself does, he sins; and this extends to the mos...
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same _is_ a perfect man, _and_ able also to bridle the whole body. Ver. 2. _For in many things, &c._] This is _triste mortalitatis...
_Be not many masters_ Διδασκαλοι, _teachers._ Let none of you rashly, and without proper qualifications, undertake the office of teachers of others; an office into which many are ready to intrude them...
OFFEND ALL; we all offend in many things: of course, in the office of teaching also, where there is especial danger of our offending in word. This ought to deter us from forwardness in arrogating to o...
CAUTION AGAINST FALSE ACTIVITY IN TEACHING AND THE USE OF THE TONGUE. The danger of teaching and much speaking:...
FOR IN MANY THINGS WE OFFEND ALL. IF ANY MAN OFFEND NOT IN WORD, THE SAME IS A PERFECT MAN, AND ABLE ALSO TO BRIDLE THE WHOLE BODY....
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...
List some ways we stumble. How do we “stumble in word”? Are any of us a perfect man? What is a bridle? What does it do? What would it take to bridle the whole body?...
"For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is. perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well."For" -The second reason for viewing the teachers role most seri...
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...
FOR IN MANY THINGS WE OFFEND ALL: there is no man absolutely free from sin, 1 Kings 8:46 Job 14:4 Proverbs 20:9 Ecclesiastes 7:20...
James 3:2 For G1063 all G537 stumble G4417 (G5719) things G4183 anyone G1536 not G3756 stumble G4417 ...
‘If any stumbles not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.' Taking up the thought of stumbling he now points out that if any Teacher never stumbles in what he says, o...
‘Do not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment. For in many things we all stumble. ' James' initial warning is against the natural desire that many have t...
James 3:2. FOR: the reason assigned for the second clause of the last verse. IN MANY THINGS: to be taken generally ‘in many particulars:' not to be restricted to the offences of the tongue; the rest...
IN MANY THINGS (πολλα). Accusative neuter plural either cognate with πταιομεν or accusative of general reference. On πταιομεν (stumble) see on James 2:10. James includes himself in this list of stu...
PERFECT (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 5:48). _...
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...
ALL OF US. No Christian is completely without sin! This included James himself. See what John says in 1 John 1:8-10. But it is more serious when a teacher makes a mistake. IN WHAT HE SAYS. James is th...
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;...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 3:2 IN WHAT HE SAYS. A person’s words reflect his character. STUMBLE. A metaphor for sinning. PERFECT MAN. Such perfection will be permanent only in heaven. Still, believers sh
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...
1 Corinthians 9:27; 1 John 1:8; 1 Kings 8:46; 1 Peter 3:10; 1 Pete
Offend [π τ α ι ο μ ε ν]. Lit., stumble, as Rev. Compare ch. 2 10. To bridle. See on ch. James 1:26....
As if the apostle had said, "We had need be very candid in censuring others, for we all of us offend in many things ourselves, especially with and by our tongue, which is an engine of more mischief, b...