James 1:26
kIf any man among you seem to be religious, and lbridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
εἴ τις δοκεῖ θρῆσκος εἶναι ἐν ὑμῖν, μὴ χαλιναγωγῶν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ἀπατῶν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, τούτου μάταιος ἡ θρησκεία.
Textual key: ‘among you’
k:
Psalms 34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Psalms 39:0 To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
Psalms 39:1 I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
1 Peter 3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
James 3:6 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.
Psalms 39:0 To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
l:
seems to others, or rather to himself; thinks himself religious, because cause of his hearing and outward worship: thus the word rendered seems is often taken, 1Co 3:18 8:2 14:37 Gal 6:3. Here he shows who are not doers of the work, as in the next verse, who are.
restrains it not from the common vices of the tongue, reviling, railing, censuring, &c.
either deceiveth his own heart in thinking himself religious, when indulging himself in things so contrary to religion, or deceiveth his own heart, being blinded with self-love, and lifted up with self-conceit, which is the cause of his censuring and speaking evil of others.
empty, and to no purpose, having no reality in itself, and bringing no benefit to him.