³ Now ^(A)if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their whole body as well. ⁴ Look at the ships too: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are nevertheless directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot determines. ⁵ So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it ^(B)boasts of great things.

^(C)See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! ⁶ And ^(D)the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among ^[a]our body’s parts as that which ^(E)defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our ^[b]life, and is set on fire by ^[c](F)hell.