Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
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Gill's Exposition
Even so the tongue is a little member,.... Like the bit in the horse's mouth, or like the helm of a ship.
And boasteth great things: and does them; for this word may be taken in a good sense: a…
Barnes' Notes
Even so the tongue is a little member - Little compared with the body, as the bit or the rudder is, compared with the horse or the ship. And boasteth great things - The design of the apostle is to…
Adam Clarke
Boasteth great things - That is, can do great things, whether of a good or evil kind. He seems to refer here to the powerful and all commanding eloquence of the Greek orators: they could carry the…
The foregoing chapter shows how unprofitable and dead faith is without works. It is plainly intimated by what this chapter first goes upon that such a faith is, however, apt to make men conceited and…
Cambridge Bible
and boasteth great things The Greek verb is a compound word, which does not occur elsewhere, but is used not unfrequently by Philo. The fact is not without interest, as indicating, together with the…
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