A moment in scripture
James 3:2
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For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
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The surrounding passage
- James 3:1
My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
- James 3:3
Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
- James 3:4
Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.