 | Barnaby (Uncle.) - 1799 - 374 sider
...beg of God to set a watch before our mouth, and to keep the door of our lips, Psa. cxli. 3 ; and, " if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body," James iii. 2. FRANK.—O uncle, I begin to fear that the character of an inoffensive man is very rare... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 544 sider
...member of the body, is yet of such great effect, that to govern the tongue is to govern the whole man. " If any man offend not in word, the " same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle <e the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the " horses mouths, that they may obey us, and " we turn... | |
 | 1804 - 438 sider
...masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the, same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the aole body. Behold, we put bits in the mouths, that they may us; and we turn about leir whole body.... | |
 | 1804 - 476 sider
...masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the •\vhole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about... | |
 | 1806 - 416 sider
...tongue. David declares, " I aflx purposed, that my mouth shall not transgress ; " James asserts, " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body ;" and, on the same principle, Paul exhortSj " Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth,... | |
 | 1807 - 570 sider
...masters, knowing that we shall receive ^c greater condemnation. 2 For in many thmgs we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. S Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole... | |
 | 1808 - 512 sider
...Timothy, and which he often gave to his sons, " Speak evil of no man." And we know who hath said " If a man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and also to bridle the whole body." As the thoughts we entertain of ourselves influence us in judging of... | |
 | 1877 - 588 sider
...regulation of the tongue is the last attainment of Christian perfection. What says the apostle James ? " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man," and it is surely significant that this assertion of his comes in immediate connection with the injunction,... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 600 sider
...of your Christian brethren, or encourages vice among the looser part of mankind. St. James says, " if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." David resolved, " I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : 1 will keep my mouth... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 sider
....captivity to the law of sin, which is.iu my members. James iii. 2. For in many 'things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Prov. M. 9. Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from ruy sin ? Eccl. vii. 20. For there... | |
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If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 
