5 So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it (A)boasts of great things.(B)See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! 6 And (C)the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which (D)defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our (a)life, and is set on fire by (b)(E)hell. 7 For every (c)species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human (d)race. 8 But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of (F)deadly poison. 9 With it we bless (G)our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, (H)who have been made in the likeness of God; 10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way. 11 Does a fountain send out from the same opening both (e)fresh and bitter water? 12 (I)Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce (f)fresh.

Footnotes:

a. James 3:6: ['Or ', existence, origin]
b. James 3:6: ['Gr ', Gehenna]
c. James 3:7: ['Lit ', nature]
d. James 3:7: ['Lit ', nature]
e. James 3:11: ['Lit ', sweet]
f. James 3:12: ['V 11, note 1']

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