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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - James 3:1-18

James 3:1 . Be not many masters: διδασκαλοι , teachers. In some assemblies they might all prophesy one by one, but no man should be too forward; he will never shine as a teacher, unless he be a teacher. Paul gives the same caution against premature teachers, in 1 Timothy 1:7. James 3:17 . The wisdom that is from above is first pure. It converses with glory, it hates sin, and shuns its first approach. Then peaceable, doing nothing to vex or grieve another. Gentle, full of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - James 3:7-8

James 3:7-8The tongue can no man tameThe taming of the tongueThe intense practicalness of James as a religious teacher leads him directly to this topic of the taming of the tongue.Here he sees, what every man to whom behaviour is a chief concern must see, one of the pivotal points of character. The religion that does not rule the speech is a failure and a fraud. The tongue, in the figure of James, is a wild beast that needs taming--fierce, reasonless, uncontrollable. A good part of the evils of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - James 3:7

7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: Ver. 7. For every kind of beasts, &c. ] See Trapp on " Heb 2:7 " Some creatures indeed may be taken, but not tamed, as the tiger, panther, monoceros, of which last it is testified, quod interimi potest, capi non potest; slain he may be, but not taken. Such unruly talkers and deceivers the Church is pestered with, Titus 1:10 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:14 ; sons of... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - James 3:7

kind: Gr. nature is tamed: Mark 5:4, Gr mankind: Gr. the nature of man Reciprocal: Genesis 1:26 - have dominion Genesis 9:2 - General read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - James 3:7

For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:Every kind — The expression perhaps is not to be taken strictly.Reptiles — That is, creeping things. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - James 3:7

7. Every kind Literally, every nature; where, as Huther well remarks, not the taming of individuals is meant, but of the brutal natures. The natures of the four great orders here enumerated have been brought under control by the nature and genius of man. read more