3:1 |
NIV2011 | Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. | Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. | Not many of you should presume to be become teachers, my brothers fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. |
3:2 |
NIV2011 | We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. | We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is Those who are never at fault in what he says, he is a they say are perfect man, able to keep his their whole body in check. | We all stumble in many ways. If anyone Anyone who is never at fault in what he says, he they say is a perfect man, able to keep his their whole body in check. |
3:5 |
tNIV | Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. | Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. | Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. |
3:6 |
NIV2011 | The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. | The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. | The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person body, sets the whole course of his one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. |
3:7 |
NIV2011 | All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, | All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man human beings, | All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man mankind, |
3:8 |
NIV2011 | but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. | but no man one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. | but no man human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. |
3:9 |
tNIV | With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. | With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. | With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. |
3:10 |
tNIV | Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. | Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. | Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. |
3:12 |
tNIV | My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. | My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. | My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. |
3:13 |
tNIV | Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. | Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him them show it by his their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. | Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him them show it by his their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. |
3:15 |
tNIV | Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. | Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil demonic. | Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil demonic. |
3:18 |
tNIV | Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness. | Peacemakers who sow in peace raise reap a harvest of righteousness. | Peacemakers who sow in peace raise reap a harvest of righteousness. |