Wesley's Explanatory Notes
James 3:7
Every kind — The expression perhaps is not to be taken strictly. Reptiles — That is, creeping things.
Every kind — The expression perhaps is not to be taken strictly. Reptiles — That is, creeping things.
Verse 7. _EVERY KIND OF BEASTS_] That is, every _species_ of wild beasts, πασα φυσις θηριων, _is tamed_, i.e. brought under man's power and dominion. Beasts, birds, serpents, and some kinds of fishes...
FOR EVERY KIND OF BEASTS - The apostle proceeds to state another thing showing the power of the tongue, the fact that it is ungovernable, and that there is no power of man to keep it under control. Ev...
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...
Every kind of beast and bird, and reptile and fish, is and has been tamed for the service of mankind; but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. The idea of the tam...
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...
KIND. nature. Greek. _phusis._ See Romans 1:26. BEASTS. wild beasts. THINGS IN THE SEA. Greek. _enalios._ Only here. TAMED. Greek. _damazo._ Only here, James 3:8, and Mark 5:4. OF. by. N
_every kind of beasts_ Better, EVERY NATURE. This was, probably, intended by the translators, as being the old meaning of the word "kind," as in the "kindly fruits" ("natural products") of the Litany....
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...
ΓΆΡ introduces a further fact in illustration of the preceding thought—the indomitable character of the tongue. James 3:7 is subordinate to James 3:8, and might have been expressed by a concessive cla...
_CONSTANT IN TAMING -- JAMES 3:7-12:_ Man has had success in taming or subduing all of creation, except the tongue. He has had no success in the effort to tame that one thing. The tongue is a restless...
ΦΎΣΙΣ (G5449) природа, ΘΗΡΙΌΝ (G2342) дикий зверь, ΠΕΤΕΙΝΌ Ν (G4071) птица, ΈΡΠΕΤΌΝ (G2062) ползучая тварь, рептилия, ΈΝΆΛΙΟΣ (G1724) морское существо (Adamson). ΔΑΜΆΖΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_...
FOR EVERY KIND OF BEASTS, &C.— Instead of _serpents,_ in this verse, some read _creeping things._ Dr. Doddridge renders it _reptiles._ Good men have through Divine grace governed their own tongues: ot...
WILD AND UNCONTROLLED _Text 3:5b-8_ 5b. 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 is the tongue, which defileth th...
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...
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: EVERY KIND, [ fusis (G5449)] - "nature." OF BEASTS - i:e., quadrupeds...
VERSE 7. FOR EVERY KIND OF BEASTS AND OF BIRDS. The apostle here asserts what he knew would readily be admitted, that all kinds of beasts, birds and serpents have been, and are capable of being, tamed...
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 EVERY KIND OF BEASTS... — Compare the margin, and read more exactly, thus: _Every nature of beasts and birds, and creeping things, and things of the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed, by the natu...
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...
These verses, are, of course, not to be taken literally; their exaggerative character rather reminds one of the orator carried away by his subject. But it must be remembered that to the Oriental the l...
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....
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...
NO ONE CAN TAME THE TONGUE Mankind has been able to subdue all the animals, but not his tongue. Woods notes that the verb indicates momentary action in regard to taming. One may control his tongue for...
_Is tamed, &c. The wildest beasts may be tamed, lions and tigers, and the rest, [4] and so managed as to do no harm. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Et cæterorum, by which the ancient interpreter had read...
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...
7_For every kind of beasts_. This is a confirmation of the last clause; for that Satan by the tongue rules most effectively he proves by this — that it can by no means be brought to due order; and he...
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 EVERY KIND OF BEASTS, AND OF BIRDS,.... Or the "nature" of them, as it is in the Greek text; however fierce, as beasts of prey are, or shy, as the fowls of the air be: AND OF SERPENTS AND THINGS...
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: Ver. 7. _For every kind of beasts, &c._] _See Trapp on "_ Heb 2:7 _"_ Some...
_For every kind of beasts_ Πασα φυσις θηριων, _every nature of wild beasts._ The phrase signifies the strength and fierceness of wild beasts, the swiftness of birds, the poison of serpents, the exceed...
Warning against the abuse of the tongue:...
FOR EVERY KIND OF BEASTS, AND OF BIRDS, AND OF SERPENTS, AND OF THINGS IN THE SEA IS TAMED AND HATH BEEN TAMED OF MANKIND;...
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...
Name some animals that might be tamed. Name some animals that might be pets in your house. What animals are tamed in a circus? If we can tame tigers, why can't we tame the tongue?...
KIND: _ Gr._ nature MANKIND: _ Gr._ nature of man...
"For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the human race"every species" -Note that James doesn't lump all animals into the same cate...
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...
EVERY KIND; some of every kind. OF BEASTS; wild beasts, such as are most fierce and untractable. AND OF BIRDS; though so movable and wandering, the very vagabonds of nature. AND OF SERPENTS; which are...
James 3:7 For G1063 every G3956 kind G5449 beast G2342 and G5037 G2532 bird G4071 G5037 reptile...
‘For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.' This verse would favour interpreting ‘the round of existence' in terms of the l...
James 3:7. FOR EVERY KIND: literally, every nature or disposition. OF BEASTS, AND OF BIRDS, AND OF SERPENTS, AND OF THINGS IN THE SEA: the inferior creation arranged under its usual fourfold classif...
KIND (φυσις). Old word from φυω, order of nature (Romans 1:26), here of all animals and man, in 2 Peter 1:4 of God and redeemed men.OF BEASTS (θηριων). Old word diminutive from θηρ and so "little...
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...
MAN IS ABLE TO TAME. "Human ingenuity has tamed and used all the other creatures of the earth!...
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;...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ James 3:5. A MATTER.—Better, “a forest.” The picture presented is of the wrapping of some vast forest in a flame by the falling of a single spark. _Philo_ uses the same...
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...
Mark 5:4...
Kind [φ υ σ ι ς]. Wrong. Jas. is not speaking of the relation between individual men and individual beasts, but of the relation between the nature of man and that of beasts, which may be different in...
Our apostle here goes on in shewing how difficult it is to govern the tongue; it is wilder than the wildest beasts, they are more tractable, and may be sooner tamed than. tongue be governed: it is an...