and the truth is not in him; bit if any man obey his word, in him truly is the love of God made perfect. By this we come to know that we are in him.

When we put bits in the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we control their whole body also.

and that the rest should follow, some on planks and some on other bits of wreckage. And so it came to pass that all escaped safe to the land.