²⁶ If anyone ^[a]among you thinks he is religious, and ^(A)does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.

^29 (A)Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but ^(B)what is good for necessary ^[a]edification, ^(C)that it may impart grace to the hearers.

¹⁰ For

² For ^(A)we all stumble in many things. ^(B)If anyone does not stumble in word, ^(C)he is a ^[a]perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. ^3 [b]Indeed, ^(D)we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. ⁴ Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. ⁵ Even so ^(E)the tongue is a little member and ^(F)boasts great things.

See how great a forest a little fire kindles! ⁶ And ^(G)the tongue is a fire, a world of ^[c]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it ^(H)defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of ^[d]nature; and it is set on fire by ^[e]hell.

⁶ Let your speech always be ^(A)with grace, ^(B)seasoned with salt, ^(C)that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

²² But ^(A)be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.