James 3:1-2

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Controlling the Tongue

3 Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment,^{(A) 2} for we all stumble in many ways.^(B) If anyone does not stumble in what he says,^[a] he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body.^[b](C)