“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.” (James 3:6)
Perhaps James is thinking of the hateful, blasphemous words the Jewish leaders, the Romans and the common folks were hurling at his older half-brother during His trials and crucifixion. Maybe he was remembering the insults he directed at Jesus while he was still an unbeliever. James knew the destructive nature of an uncontrolled tongue.
He had very little good to say about the tongue. He said the tongue is set on fire of hell.
People who gossip and use their tongues to frame bitter and unkind words about or at fellow church members need to remember that the fires of Pentecost will not rest where the fires of hell are working.
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