James 3:2

For all of us stumble in many ways. Anyone who does not stumble in what they say is a perfect person, able to keep the whole body in check as well.
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Treated in 9 passages across the library.

Where it is preached

  1. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Controversy cites James 3:2

    …who will quote the Scriptures as their grounds for ‘faith.’ For example, I heard James 3:2 being taught on my television just this past week. “The letter of James declares that if…

  2. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    Walk: Christ Lived Through Us cites James 3:2

    …stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also” (James 3:2, ASV). The spiritual person is tested in speech. Nee's own forceful style influenced…

  3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.1 Man's Inability to keep the Moral Law cites James 3: 2

    …but does daily break them, in thought, word, and deed. ‘In many things we offend all.’ James 3: 2. Man in his primitive state of innocence, was endowed with ability to keep the whole…

  4. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Christian Perfection cites Jas. 3:2

    …not St. James directly contradict this? His words are, ‘In many things we offend all, (Jas. 3:2:) And is not offending the same as committing sin?” In this place, I allow it is: I allow…

  5. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Holiness cites James iii. 2

    …and the spirit against the flesh, and “in many things they offend all.” (Gal. v. 17; James iii. 2.) But still, for all this, I am sure that to have such a character as I have faintly…

  6. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    The Ruler of the Waves cites James iii. 2

    …faith, and yet not have it always close at hand, and ready to be used. (Eccles. vii. 20; James iii. 2.) Abraham was the father of the faithful. By faith he forsook his country and his…

  7. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Our Sins! cites James iii. 2

    …we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (James iii. 2; Rom. iii. 10; v. 12; 1 John i. 8.) It is useless to deny it. We have all sinned many…

  8. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Forgiveness cites James iii. 2

    …not.” (Eccles. vii. 20.) “In many things,” says the apostle James, “we offend all.” (James iii. 2.) And what is the best action that is ever done by the very best of Christians? What is…

  9. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Regeneration cites James iii. 2

    …his words and actions. He knows, as St. James says, that “in many things we offend all.” (James iii. 2.) But he can say truly, and as in the sight of God, that these things are a daily grief…

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