James 3:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² For we all often stumble and fall and offend in many things. And if anyone does not offend in speech [never says the wrong things], he is a fully developed character and a perfect man, able to control his whole body and to curb his entire nature.

American Standard Version (1901)

² For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

Common English Bible

² We all make mistakes often, but those who don’t make mistakes with their words have reached full maturity. Like a bridled horse, they can control themselves entirely.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² For we all offend in many ways. If anyone does not offend in word, he is a perfect man. And he is then able, as if with a bridle, to lead the whole body around.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body.

James 3:2 Cross References

1 Kings 8:46

“If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near,

2 Chronicles 6:36

“If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far off or near,

Job 15:13

so that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?

Psalm 34:13

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but the prudent are restrained in speech.

Proverbs 13:3

Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin.

Proverbs 20:9

Who can say, “I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?

Proverbs 21:23

To watch over mouth and tongue is to keep out of trouble.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.

Isaiah 64:6

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Leviticus 13:39

the priest shall make an examination, and if the spots on the skin of the body are of a dull white, it is a rash that has broken out on the skin; he is clean.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Matthew 12:37

for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Romans 3:10

as it is written: “There is no one who is righteous, not even one;

Romans 7:21

So I find it to be a law that, when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand.

1 Corinthians 9:27

but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.

Galatians 3:22

But the scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through the faith of Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Galatians 5:17

For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want.

Colossians 1:28

It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you. He is always striving in his prayers on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in everything that God wills.

Hebrews 13:21

make you complete in everything good so that you may do his will, as he works among us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen.

James 1:26

If any think they are religious and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.

James 1:4

And let endurance complete its work, so that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing.

James 2:10

For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.

1 Peter 3:10

For “Those who desire to love life and to see good days, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit;

1 Peter 5:10

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.