But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless ¹  evil, full of deadly poison.

Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, ¹  but ²  he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.