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- Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
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- For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
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- If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.
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- Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.
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- So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
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- And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
- 7
- For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind,
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- but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
- 9
- With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.
- 10
- From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
- 11
- Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?
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- Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.
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- Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
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- But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
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- This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
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- For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
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- But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
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- And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Kapcsolódó igehirdetések: Be Ki
Kalauz
Június 16
Kétéves:
- I. év: 5Móz 2
- II. év: Ézs 30
- ApCsel 10:23b-48
- Zsolt 134:1-3
- Péld 17:9-11
Példabeszéd
A munkásnak javára szolgál az éhsége, mert szája sürgeti őt.