Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - James 3:5

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - James 3:5 - 3:5

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - James 3:5 - 3:5

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3:1 - 3:1
3:2 - 3:2
3:3 - 3:3
3:4 - 3:4
3:5 - 3:5
3:6 - 3:6
3:7 - 3:7
3:8 - 3:8
3:9 - 3:9
3:10 - 3:10
3:11 - 3:11
3:12 - 3:12
3:13 - 3:13
3:14 - 3:14
3:15 - 3:15
3:16 - 3:16
3:17 - 3:17
3:18 - 3:18

boasteth great things - There is great moment in what the careless think “little” things [Bengel]. Compare “a world,” “the course of nature,” “hell,” Jam 3:6, which illustrate how the little tongue’s great words produce great mischief.

how great a matter a little fire kindleth - The best manuscripts read, “how little a fire kindleth how great a,” etc. Alford, for “matter,” translates, “forest.” But Grotius translates as English Version, “material for burning”: a pile of fuel.