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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>James 3 Lamsa Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/james/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/james/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Lamsa</a> > James 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../james/2.htm" title="James 2">◄</a> James 3 <a href="../james/4.htm" title="James 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/james/3-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>MY brethren, do not allow doubtful teachers among you; but know, that we are under a great judgment. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>For in many things we all stumble. Anyone who does not offend in word, this one is a perfect man, and able also to subdue his whole body. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>Behold, we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>Behold also the ships, great as they are, when driven by severe winds, they are turned about with a very small rudder, wherever the pilot wishes. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Likewise, a small fire sets ablaze the large forests. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>The tongue is a fire, and the sinful world like a forest: that very tongue, while it is among our members, can defile our whole body, and set on fire the records of our race which have rolled down from the beginning: and in the end it is consumed by fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of creatures of the sea and of the land are under the subjugation of the will of man. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>But the tongue no man can tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>By it we bless the LORD and the Father; and by it we curse men, who are made in the image of God: <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Out of the same mouth proceed curses and blessings. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>Can there spring forth from the same fountain, both sweet water and bitter water? <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olives? Or the vine, figs? likewise also salt water cannot be made sweet.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>Who is wise among you and has training? let him prove his words by his good deeds, in the humbleness of wisdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>But if you have bitter envying among you, or strife in your hearts, do not boast and do not lie against the truth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>This wisdom does not come from above, but it is earthly, sensual, devilish. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>For wherever envy and strife are, there is confusion and every sort of evil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>But the wisdom that is from above is first pure then full of peace, and gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/james/3-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by the peacemakers.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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