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Jam 3:2. Πολλὰ) in many and various circumstances and ways.-ἅπαντες, all) The apostles do not even except themselves; 1Jn 1:8.-ἐν λόγῳ, in word) viz. in a single word. Opposed to many things. The tongue does not always answer to the feeling.-πταίει, offend) This word is properly used of any fault or slip of the tongue.-οὗτος) he indeed.-δυνατὸς-σῶμα, able to bridle the whole body) The description of a perfect man.-τὸ σῶμα, the body) that is, the man himself. Antithetical to the tongue, which is a member; Jam 3:5. Comp. body, Jam 3:3; Jam 3:6.