Wesley's Explanatory Notes
James 3:8
But no man can tame the tongue — Of another; no, nor his own, without peculiar help from God.
But no man can tame the tongue — Of another; no, nor his own, without peculiar help from God.
JAMES 3:8 avkata,staton {B} Instead of characterizing the tongue as a “restless (avkata,staton)” evil (a A B K P 1739* _al_), other witnesses of somewhat less weight (C Y and most minuscules) describ...
Verse 8. _BUT THE TONGUE WAN NO MAN TAME_] No cunning, persuasion, or influence has ever been able to silence it. Nothing but the grace of God, _excision_, or _death_, can bring _it_ under subjection....
BUT THE TONGUE CAN NO MAN TAME - This does not mean that it is never brought under control, but that it is impossible effectually and certainly to subdue it. It would be possible to subdue and domesti...
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...
NO MAN. no one (Greek. _oudeis)_ of men (App-123.) UNRULY. Greek. _akataschetos._ Only here, but the texts read _akatastatos,_ unstable, restless, as in James 1:8. EVIL. App-128. DEADLY. Greek. _th...
_but the tongue can no man tame_ There is a special force in the Greek tense for "tame", which expresses not habitual, but momentary action. St James had learnt, by what he saw around him, and yet mor...
ἈΚΑΤΆΣΤΑΤΟΝ with אABP, Old Latin and Vulgate &c. ἀκατάσχετον of the T.R. is read in CKL and many later MSS. 8. ἈΚΑΤΆΣΤΑΤΟΝ, RESTLESS, DISQUIETED. ἀκατάσχετον, uncontrolled, unruly. For the reading se...
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...
_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...
ΔΑΜΆΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΔΑΜΆΖΩ (G1150) укрощать. Инфинитив как дополнение к основному гл. ΔΎΝΑΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ (G1410) быть способным, с _inf._ ΑΚΑΤΆΣΤΑΤΟΣ (G182) беспоко...
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...
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. NO MAN - literally, no one of men: neither can a man control his neighbour's nor even his own tongue. Hence, the truth...
VERSE 8. BUT THE TONGUE CAN NO MAN TAME. This is a plain, simple statement that the observant among men will not question. It is asserted by the apostle with much confidence a, confidence founded upon...
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
UNRULY] better, 'restless,' 'unstable,' 'never still.' 9-12. 'The tongue is not only mischievous, but also gives rise to inconsistency. With it we bless the God of love (and thereby profess that we ar...
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,...
BUT THE TONGUE CAN NO MAN TAME; IT IS AN UNRULY (or, _restless_) EVIL, FULL OF DEADLY POISON. — Mortiferous, bringer of death, like a poisoned dart or arrow; and therefore most suggestive of envenomed...
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....
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...
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...
_But the tongue no man can tame, without the special assistance of God. (Witham) --- Wherefore we are to understand, says St. Augustine, that as no one is able of himself to govern his tongue, we must...
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...
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...
BUT THE TONGUE CAN NO MAN TAME,.... Either his own, or others; not his own, for the man that has the greatest guard upon himself, his words and actions; yet, what through pride or passion, or one lust...
But the tongue can no man tame; _it is_ an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Ver. 8. _But the tongue, &c._] Where then are our justiciaries with their pretended perfection? David's heart deceived h...
_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:...
BUT THE TONGUE CAN NO MAN TAME; IT IS AN UNRULY EVIL, FULL OF DEADLY POISON....
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...
Why can't we tame our tongue? What kind of training will it take to control the tongue? Discuss: Companion in Malachi 2:14. How is the tongue an unruly evil? Why does James say it is full of deadly po...
"But no one can tame the tongue; it is. restless evil and fully of deadly poison."no one can tame the tongue" -"A literal translation of the Greek word order yields this rendering: "But the tongue no...
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...
BUT THE TONGUE; not only other men's tonges, but his own. CAN NO MAN TAME; no man of himself, and without the assistance of Divine grace, can bring his tongue into subjection, and keep it in order; no...
James 3:8 But G1161 no G3762 man G444 can G1410 (G5736) tame G1150 (G5658) tongue G1100 unruly...
‘But the tongue can no man tame. It is a restless evil, it is full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.' For the on...
James 3:8. BUT, expressive of contrast, THE TONGUE, generally considered whether our own tongue or the tongue of others CAN NO MAN TAME or subdue. The tongue is more unconquerable than the wildest a...
NO ONE (ουδεις). Especially his own tongue and by himself, but one has the help of the Holy Spirit.A RESTLESS EVIL (ακαταστατον κακον). Correct reading, not ακατασχετον, for which see James 1:8....
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...
HAS EVER BEEN ABLE. _MacKnight_ says: "But the tongue of _other_ men no one is able to subdue." James 3:2 shows that it is possible to control our own tongue, even though few do it. FULL OF DEADLY POI...
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...
Deuteronomy 32:33; Ecclesiastes 10:11; James 3:6; Psalms 140:3;...
No man [ο υ δ ε ι ς α ν θ ρ ω π ω ν]. A strong expression. Lit., no one of men. Unruly [α κ α τ α σ χ ε τ ο ν]. Lit., not to be held back. The proper reading, however, is ajkatastaton, unsettled. See...