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James 3:5-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
James 3:5-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits.
How great a forest is set ablaze by a such a small fire!(A) 6 And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.[a](B) 7 For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species,
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- 3.6 Gk Gehenna
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