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James

1 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 bri­dle the whole body. 3 Be­hold, we put bits in the hors­es' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Be­hold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driv­en of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whith­er­so­ev­er the gov­er­nor lis­teth. 5 Even so the tongue is a lit­tle mem­ber, and boast­eth great things. Be­hold, how great a mat­ter a lit­tle fire kindleth! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of in­iq­ui­ty: so is the tongue among our mem­bers, that it de­fileth the whole body, and set­teth on fire the course of na­ture; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 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: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an un­ruly evil, full of dead­ly poi­son. 9 There­with bless we God, even the Fa­ther; and there­with curse we men, which are made af­ter the simil­i­tude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth pro­ceedeth bless­ing and curs­ing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11 Doth a foun­tain send forth at the same place sweet water and bit­ter? 12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? ei­ther a vine, figs? so can no foun­tain both yield salt wa­ter and fresh. 13 Who is a wise man and en­dued with knowl­edge among you? let him shew out of a good con­ver­sa­tion his works with meek­ness of wis­dom. 14 But if ye have bit­ter en­vy­ing and strife in your hearts, glo­ry not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wis­dom de­scen­deth not from above, but is earth­ly, sen­su­al, dev­il­ish. 16 For where en­vy­ing and strife is, there is con­fu­sion and ev­ery evil work. 17 But the wis­dom that is from above is first pure, then peace­able, gen­tle, and easy to be in­treat­ed, full of mer­cy and good fruits, with­out par­tial­i­ty, and with­out hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righ­teous­ness is sown in peace of them that make peace.