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1 Μὴ πολλοὶ διδάσκαλοι γίνεσθε, ἀδελφοί μου, εἰδότες ὅτι μεῖζον κρῖμα ληψόμεθα.*ληψομεθα f35 [97.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ λημψομεθα ℵA,B,C [1%] NU ¦ ληψεσθε [1.5%] 2 Πολλὰ γὰρ πταίομεν ἅπαντες. Εἴ τις ἐν λόγῳ οὐ πταίει, οὗτος τέλειος ἀνήρ, δυνάμενος†δυναμενος f35 ℵ [23%] ¦ δυνατος A,B [76.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (two other variants, and ECM lists codex C as ambiguous.) (Is it not more likely that the present participle [unexpected] would be changed to the adjective than vice versa?—but it makes great sense, ‘being able to bridle’.) χαλιναγωγῆσαι καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα. 3 Ἴδε,‡ιδε f35 [60%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ ει δε [38.5%] NU ¦ ιδου [0.5%] TR (ECM lists six uncials as ambiguous, including ℵA,B,C. The variant chosen by NU scarcely makes sense. The και at the beginning of verse 4 presupposes an imperative at the beginning of verse 3.) τῶν ἵππων τοὺς χαλινοὺς εἰς τὰ στόματα βάλλομεν πρὸς τὸ§προς το f35 A (97%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ εις 2 ℵB,C (2.4%) NU ¦ τω (0.6%) πείθεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν μετάγομεν. 4 Ἰδοὺ καὶ τὰ πλοῖα· τηλικαῦτα ὄντα καὶ ὑπὸ ἀνέμων σκληρῶν*ανεμων σκληρων f35 ℵB,C [44%] NU ¦ ~ 21 A [56%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ἐλαυνόμενα, μετάγεται ὑπὸ ἐλαχίστου πηδαλίου ὅπου ἂν†αν f35 A,C [99.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵB [0.5%] NU ἡ ὁρμὴ τοῦ ἰθύνοντος‡ιθυνοντος f35 [21%] ¦ ευθυνοντος ℵA,B,C [79%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (At issue is a mere question of spelling, the first variant being classical Greek. It seems to me more probable that the unfamiliar classical form would be changed to the familiar koine than vice versa [most lexicons don’t even list the classical form].) βούληται.§βουληται f35 A,C [89%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ βουλεται ℵB [10%] NU ¦ βουλοιτο [1%] 5 Οὕτως καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστὶν καὶ μεγαλαυχεῖ.*μεγαλαυχει f35 𝕻20ℵ [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ μεγαλα αυχει A,B,C [5%] NU
Ἰδού, ὀλίγον†ολιγον f35 Av,C [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ηλικον ℵB [3%] NU ¦ ολιγων [2%] (The Alexandrian variant goes against James’ argument.) πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει. 6 Καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα πῦρ, ὁ κόσμος τῆς ἀδικίας, οὕτως‡ουτως f35 [83%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 και [8%] ¦ — 𝕻20ℵA,B,C [9%] NU ἡ γλῶσσα καθίσταται ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ἡμῶν, ἡ σπιλοῦσα ὅλον τὸ σῶμα καὶ φλογίζουσα τὸν τροχὸν τῆς γενέσεως, καὶ φλογιζομένη ὑπὸ τῆς Γεέννης. 7 Πᾶσα γὰρ φύσις θηρίων τε καὶ πετεινῶν, ἑρπετῶν τε καὶ ἐναλίων, δαμάζεται καὶ δεδάμασται τῇ φύσει τῇ ἀνθρωπίνῃ. 8 Τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι§δυναται ανθρωπων δαμασαι f35 (84.1%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 132 ℵA (11.9%) ¦ ~ 312 B,C (1%) NU ¦ 13 (1.4%) ¦ 1 (0.8%) ¦ three other variants plus an ambiguity—ἀκατάσχετον*ακατασχετον f35 C (97.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ακαταστατον ℵA,B (2.6%) NU κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου. 9 Ἐν αὐτῇ εὐλογοῦμεν τὸν Θεὸν†θεον f35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ κυριον 𝕻20ℵA,B,C [4%] NU (The title used in 1:27 is repeated, and being a repetition it comes with the article.) καὶ Πατέρα, καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ καταρώμεθα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς καθ᾿ ὁμοίωσιν Θεοῦ γεγονότας. 10 Ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ στόματος ἐξέρχεται εὐλογία καὶ κατάρα. Οὐ χρή, ἀδελφοί μου,‡μου f35 ℵA,B,C [84%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ 1 αγαπητοι [16%] CP ταῦτα οὕτως γίνεσθαι. 11 Μήτι ἡ πηγὴ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ὀπῆς βρύει τὸ γλυκὺ καὶ τὸ πικρόν;§γλυκυ και το πικρον f35 ℵA,B,C [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ 124 [4%] ¦ 1234 υδωρ [3%] ¦ ~ 4231 [8%] 12 Μὴ δύναται, ἀδελφοί μου, συκῆ ἐλαίας ποιῆσαι, ἢ ἄμπελος σῦκα; Οὕτως*ουτως f35 ℵ [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — A,B,C [3%] NU οὐδεμία πηγὴ ἁλυκὸν καὶ†ουδεμια πηγη αλυκον και f35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR(CP) ¦ ουδε αλυκον ℵ [1.6%] ¦ ουτε αλυκον A,B,C [1.8%] NU ¦ three other variants (Who knows what got into the Alexandrians here.) γλυκὺ ποιῆσαι ὕδωρ.
True wisdom
True contrasted with demonic
13 Τίς‡τις f35 ℵA,B,C [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ει 1 [4%] CP ¦ — [6%] σοφὸς καὶ ἐπιστήμων ἐν ὑμῖν; Δειξάτω ἐκ τῆς καλῆς ἀναστροφῆς τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ ἐν πραΰτητι σοφίας. 14 Εἰ δὲ ζῆλον πικρὸν ἔχετε καὶ ἐριθείαν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν, μὴ κατακαυχᾶσθε§κατακαυχασθε rell ¦ καυχασθε A [15%] καὶ ψεύδεσθε κατὰ τῆς ἀληθείας— 15 οὐκ ἔστιν αὕτη ἡ σοφία*αυτη η σοφια f35 ℵA,B [84%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ ~ 231 C [10%] ¦ 23 [6%] Ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη, ἀλλ᾿†αλλ f35 𝕻100A,C [99.4%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αλλα ℵB [0.6%] NU ἐπίγειος, ψυχική, δαιμονιώδης. 16 Ὅπου γὰρ ζῆλος καὶ ἐριθεία, ἐκεῖ ἀκαταστασία καὶ πᾶν φαῦλον πρᾶγμα. 17 Ἡ δὲ Ἄνωθεν σοφία πρῶτον μὲν ἁγνή ἐστιν, ἔπειτα εἰρηνική, ἐπιεικής, εὐπειθής, μεστὴ ἐλέους καὶ καρπῶν ἀγαθῶν, ἀδιάκριτος καὶ‡και f35 𝕻100 [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B,C [10%] NU ἀνυπόκριτος. 18 Καρπὸς δὲ§δε f35 A,B,C [56.6%] NU ¦ δε της [42%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ δε ο ℵ [0.4%] ¦ — [1%] (The article is inappropriate here. Who knows what motivated whoever added it, but it is a mistake.) δικαιοσύνης ἐν εἰρήνῃ σπείρεται τοῖς ποιοῦσιν εἰρήνην.

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*3:1 ληψομεθα f35 [97.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ λημψομεθα ℵA,B,C [1%] NU ¦ ληψεσθε [1.5%]

†3:2 δυναμενος f35 ℵ [23%] ¦ δυνατος A,B [76.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (two other variants, and ECM lists codex C as ambiguous.) (Is it not more likely that the present participle [unexpected] would be changed to the adjective than vice versa?—but it makes great sense, ‘being able to bridle’.)

‡3:3 ιδε f35 [60%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ ει δε [38.5%] NU ¦ ιδου [0.5%] TR (ECM lists six uncials as ambiguous, including ℵA,B,C. The variant chosen by NU scarcely makes sense. The και at the beginning of verse 4 presupposes an imperative at the beginning of verse 3.)

§3:3 προς το f35 A (97%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ εις 2 ℵB,C (2.4%) NU ¦ τω (0.6%)

*3:4 ανεμων σκληρων f35 ℵB,C [44%] NU ¦ ~ 21 A [56%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP

†3:4 αν f35 A,C [99.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵB [0.5%] NU

‡3:4 ιθυνοντος f35 [21%] ¦ ευθυνοντος ℵA,B,C [79%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (At issue is a mere question of spelling, the first variant being classical Greek. It seems to me more probable that the unfamiliar classical form would be changed to the familiar koine than vice versa [most lexicons don’t even list the classical form].)

§3:4 βουληται f35 A,C [89%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ βουλεται ℵB [10%] NU ¦ βουλοιτο [1%]

*3:5 μεγαλαυχει f35 𝕻20ℵ [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ μεγαλα αυχει A,B,C [5%] NU

†3:5 ολιγον f35 Av,C [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ηλικον ℵB [3%] NU ¦ ολιγων [2%] (The Alexandrian variant goes against James’ argument.)

‡3:6 ουτως f35 [83%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 και [8%] ¦ — 𝕻20ℵA,B,C [9%] NU

§3:8 δυναται ανθρωπων δαμασαι f35 (84.1%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 132 ℵA (11.9%) ¦ ~ 312 B,C (1%) NU ¦ 13 (1.4%) ¦ 1 (0.8%) ¦ three other variants plus an ambiguity

*3:8 ακατασχετον f35 C (97.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ακαταστατον ℵA,B (2.6%) NU

†3:9 θεον f35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ κυριον 𝕻20ℵA,B,C [4%] NU (The title used in 1:27 is repeated, and being a repetition it comes with the article.)

‡3:10 μου f35 ℵA,B,C [84%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ 1 αγαπητοι [16%] CP

§3:11 γλυκυ και το πικρον f35 ℵA,B,C [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ 124 [4%] ¦ 1234 υδωρ [3%] ¦ ~ 4231 [8%]

*3:12 ουτως f35 ℵ [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — A,B,C [3%] NU

†3:12 ουδεμια πηγη αλυκον και f35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR(CP) ¦ ουδε αλυκον ℵ [1.6%] ¦ ουτε αλυκον A,B,C [1.8%] NU ¦ three other variants (Who knows what got into the Alexandrians here.)

‡3:13 τις f35 ℵA,B,C [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ει 1 [4%] CP ¦ — [6%]

§3:14 κατακαυχασθε rell ¦ καυχασθε A [15%]

*3:15 αυτη η σοφια f35 ℵA,B [84%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ ~ 231 C [10%] ¦ 23 [6%]

†3:15 αλλ f35 𝕻100A,C [99.4%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αλλα ℵB [0.6%] NU

‡3:17 και f35 𝕻100 [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B,C [10%] NU

§3:18 δε f35 A,B,C [56.6%] NU ¦ δε της [42%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ δε ο ℵ [0.4%] ¦ — [1%] (The article is inappropriate here. Who knows what motivated whoever added it, but it is a mistake.)

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