James 3:6
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.”
πῦρ
Fire. Pur. Our God is a consuming fire. Fire purifies and fire destroys. What is genuine survives the fire. What is counterfeit is consumed by it. Let God refine you.
μέλος
members
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μέλος
Member, body part. Melos. You are the body of Christ and each one of you is a part of it. Every member matters. An unused body part atrophies. Use what God gave you.
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γλῶσσα
Tongue
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γλῶσσα
Tongue, language. Glossa. Death and life are in the power of the tongue. The tongue is the smallest member but sets the whole course of a life. Use it for life.
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γέεννα
hell.
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γέεννα
valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment
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κόσμος
World
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κόσμος
The world, the ordered universe. God so loved the kosmos. He loves what He made and He is working to redeem every part of it.
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σῶμα
body
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σῶμα
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
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καθίστημι
is set
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καθίστημι
to place down (permanently), i.e. (figuratively) to designate, constitute, convoy
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τροχός
course
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τροχός
a wheel (as a runner), i.e. (figuratively) a circuit of physical effects
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φλογίζω
being set on fire
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φλογίζω
to cause a blaze, i.e. ignite (figuratively, to inflame with passion)
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σπιλόω
is defiling
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σπιλόω
to stain or soil (literally or figuratively)
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γένεσις
of nature
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γένεσις
nativity; figuratively, nature
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