James 3:2

For we all stumble ¹  in many ways. If someone does not stumble ²  in what he says, ³  he is a perfect individual, ⁴  able to control the entire body as well.

1Ki 8:46; 2Ch 6:36; Ps 34:13; Pr 13:3; Pr 20:9; Ec 7:20; Isa 64:6; Mt 12:37; Ro 3:10; Ro 7:21; 1Co 9:27; Ga 3:22; Ga 5:17; Col 1:28; Col 4:12; Heb 13:21; Jas 1:4; Jas 1:26; Jas 3:5,6; 1Pe 3:10; 1Pe 5:10; 1Jo 1:8-10

¹ tn Or “fail.”

² tn Or “fail.”

³ tn Grk “in speech.”

⁴ tn The word for “man” or “individual” is ἀνήρ (anhr), which often means “male” or “man (as opposed to woman).” But it sometimes is used generically to mean “anyone,” “a person,” as here (cf. BDAG 79 s.v. 2).