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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 3:6

James 3:6. The tongue is a fire Which often produces a great conflagration; a world of iniquity This is a metaphor of the same kind with a sea of troubles, a deluge of wickedness. The meaning is, that a great collection of iniquity proceeds from the tongue. Indeed “there is no iniquity which an unbridled tongue is not capable of producing; either by itself, when it curses, rails, teaches false doctrine, and speaks evil of God and man; or by means of others, whom it entices, commands,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - James 3:1-12

3:1-5:6 WORLDLY AMBITION AND CHRISTIAN FAITHControl of the tongue (3:1-12)James warns his readers not to be too ambitious to be teachers in the church, because if they instruct others and then fail themselves, they will receive greater judgment. This places teachers in particular danger, because they cannot avoid making some mistakes (3:1-2). A person who can control his tongue can control the whole self. Just as the bit controls the horse and the rudder controls the ship, so the tongue... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - James 3:6

a = the. world . App-129 . Used here in the sense of aggregate. iniquity . App-128 . is = is constituted or takes its place. Greek. kathistemi, as in James 4:4 . among . App-104 . that it defileth = the one defiling. Greek. spiloo. Only here and Jude 1:23 . and setteth, &c . = setting on fire. Greek. phlogizo. Only in this verse. Compare 2 Thessalonians 1:8 . course . Greek. troches. Only here. nature . Greek. genesis. See James 1:23 . it is = being. hell . App-131 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.The world of iniquity ... As Roberts noted, the literal meaning of this is "a world of unrighteousness,"[18] as Ward indicated, being the same as the state of "the steward of unrighteousness" (Luke 16:8), and "the judge of unrighteousness" (Luke 18:6).[19] Here is the key to understanding what was said a little later.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - James 3:6

James 3:6. And the tongue, &c.— St. James seems to have called the tongue of man a world of iniquity, in the same sense that we say "a world of riches,"—"a sea of trouble,"—"an ocean of delights." So Milton, in his Paradise Lost, speaks of "an universe of death," and "a world of woe." The word rendered course is τροχον, and the passage should be rendered, and sets on fire the wheel or course of our life. The present life of man is here compared to a wheel, which is put in motion at our... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - James 3:6

6. Translate, "The tongue, that world of iniquity, is a fire." As man's little world is an image of the greater world, the universe, so the tongue is an image of the former [BENGEL]. so—omitted in the oldest authorities. is—literally, "is constituted." "The tongue is (constituted), among the members, the one which defileth," c. (namely, as fire defiles with its smoke). course of nature—"the orb (cycle) of creation." setteth on fire . . . is set on fire—habitually and continually. While a man... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 3:1-12

A. Controlling the Tongue 3:1-12It is particularly the misuse of the tongue in Christian worship that James addressed (cf. 1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 Corinthians 14:27-39). From the subject of idle faith, James proceeded to discuss idle speech.". . . in his usual ’rondo’ manner [James] returns to the theme of speech (James 1:19; James 1:26) and warns his true Christians of the dangers of the tongue . . ." [Note: Adamson, p. 138.] "It [this chapter] is also connected with that overvaluation of theory... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 3:3-6

3. Examples of the danger 3:3-6 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 3:6

Fire is a good illustration of the tongue’s effect. It is a "world of iniquity," perverse as well as powerful.". . . all the evil characteristics of a fallen world, its covetousness, its idolatry, its blasphemy, its lust, its rapacious greed, find expression through the tongue." [Note: Tasker, p. 76.] "From the context it seems best to accept that James thinks of the tongue as a vast system of iniquity." [Note: Hiebert, James, p. 195.] The tongue is the gate through which the evil influences... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - James 3:6

3:6 hell. (b-38) Gehenna. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - James 3:6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - James 3:1-12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - James 3:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - James 3:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - James 3:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - James 3:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 3:1-12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 3:3-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - James 3:6

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - James 3:6

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