Discovery BoxJames 3:3 
Context3:3 And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies. 1
James 3:17
Context3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, 2 full of mercy and good fruit, 3 impartial, and not hypocritical. 4
James 4:14
Context4:14 You 5 do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? 6 For you are a puff of smoke 7 that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
1 tn Grk “their entire body.”
2 tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”
3 tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”
4 tn Or “sincere.”
5 tn Grk “who” (continuing the description of the people of v. 13). Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
6 tn Or “you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow.”
7 tn Or “a vapor.” The Greek word ἀτμίς (atmis) denotes a swirl of smoke arising from a fire (cf. Gen 19:28; Lev 16:13; Joel 2:30 [Acts 2:19]; Ezek 8:11).
