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Fromἐκthe sameτοῦ αὐτοῦmouthστόματοςcomeἐξέρχεταιblessingεὐλογίαandκαὶcursing.κατάραMy brothers,ἀδελφοί μουthese thingsταῦταought notοὐ χρήto beγίνεσθαιso.οὕτως
James 3:10
Study it in the app“From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.”
James: the tongue, small like a bit or a rudder, is a fire that no one can tameThe Tongue
With the Greek beneath
James 3:10, word by word
- mouthστόματοςstomatos
mouth
The part of the face through which one eats and speaks; also what one says.
Where else “stomatos” appears- comeἐξέρχεταιexerchetai
spread
To come from somewhere; for news to spread.
Where else “exerchetai” appears- blessingεὐλογίαeulogia
blessing
The good God gives, or a generous gift.
Where else “eulogia” appears- cursingκατάραkatara
curse
Curse, the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “katara” appears- My brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- ought notχρήchrē
ought, it is right
It is necessary, it ought; it is right.
Where else “chrē” appears- to beγίνεσθαιginesthai
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “ginesthai” appears
The context
9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who have been made in the likeness of God.
10 · This verse (above)
11A spring does not pour forth from the same opening the sweet and the bitter, does it?
To study James 3 in a group
1. What it says
What images does James use to describe the power of the tongue (v. 3-6)?
2. What it means
Why do you think James contrasts the wisdom "from above" with bitter jealousy and rivalry (v. 13-18)?
3. How I live it
James says blessing and cursing come from the same mouth (v. 9-10). What kind word could you say today?