3:1  Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.

3:2  For we all stumble in many ways If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he becomes a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

3:3  Now if we put the bits into the horses' mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.

3:4  Look at the ships also, though they look so great and receive propulsion by strong winds, still receive direction by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires.

3:5  So we also consider the tongue a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things See how a small fire sets a great forest!

3:6  And the tongue resembles a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue rests among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and becomes ignited by hell.

3:7  The human race has tamed every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea.

3:8  But no one can tame the tongue; it contains restless evil and full of deadly poison.

3:9  With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, whom God has made in His likeness.

3:10  from the same mouth comes both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to occur in this fashion.

3:11  Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?

3:12  Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh.

3:13  Who among you claims wisdom and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.

3:14  But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not demonstrate arrogance and so lie against the truth.

3:15  This wisdom does not come down from above, but demonstrates earthly, natural, and demonic qualities.

3:16  For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, disorder and every evil thing exists.

3:17  But the wisdom from above demonstrates purity, peace, gentleness, reason, fullness of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.

3:18  Those who make peace will sow the seed whose fruit we ascertain as righteousness sown in peace.