James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Nota de Estudo
Study Note
James' identification of the tongue as 'a fire, a world of iniquity' that 'defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell' is the New Testament's most developed treatment of speech ethics. The cosmological language (world of iniquity, course of nature — or literally 'wheel of existence') draws on Greek concepts of the cycle of birth and decay, suggesting the tongue's destructive power affects not only individuals but cosmic processes. The hell-fire origin of the tongue's destructiveness (set on fire by Gehenna) makes harmful speech a participation in demonic agency — an escalation far beyond ordinary moral instruction. Proverbs 18:21 ('death and life are in the power of the tongue') and Matthew 12:36-37 ('by your words you will be justified or condemned') form the canonical backdrop.
Outras Traduções
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.
and the tongue <FI>is<Fi> a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.
And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
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