For (A)we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, (B)he is a perfect man, (C)able also to bridle his whole body.

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26 If anyone thinks he is religious (A)and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's (B)religion is worthless.

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(A)Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
    (B)he who opens wide his lips (C)comes to ruin.

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10 For

(A)“Whoever desires to love life
    and see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil
    and his lips from speaking deceit;

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37 for (A)by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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So also the tongue is a small member, yet (A)it boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And (B)the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, (C)staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[a] and set on fire by hell.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. James 3:6 Or wheel of birth
  2. James 3:6 Greek Gehenna

(A)If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and (B)the truth is not in us. (C)If we confess our sins, he is (D)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and (E)to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, (F)we make him a liar, and (G)his word is not in us.

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10 as it is written:

(A)“None is righteous, no, not one;

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20 Surely (A)there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

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And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be (A)perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

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(A)Who can say, “I have made my heart pure;
    I am clean from my sin”?

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46 “If they sin against you—(A)for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive (B)to the land of the enemy, far off or near,

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(A)We have all become like one who is unclean,
    and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
(B)We all fade like a leaf,
    and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

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10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point (A)has become guilty of all of it.

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27 But I discipline my body and (A)keep it under control,[a] lest after preaching to others (B)I myself should be (C)disqualified.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:27 Greek I pummel my body and make it a slave

21 (A)equip you with everything good that you may do his will, (B)working in us[a] that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, (C)to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 13:21 Some manuscripts you

12 (A)Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always (B)struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand (C)mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

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28 Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that (A)we may present everyone (B)mature in Christ.

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22 But the Scripture (A)imprisoned everything under sin, so that (B)the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given (C)to those who believe.

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10 And (A)after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, (B)who has called you to his (C)eternal glory in Christ, will himself (D)restore, (E)confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

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17 For (A)the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, (B)to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

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21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.

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36 “If they sin against you—(A)for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near,

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