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.
La lengua es como fuego, un mundo de maldad. La lengua está puesta entre nuestros miembros, y contamina todo el cuerpo, e inflama la rueda de la creación, y ella misma es inflamada por el infierno.
La lengua es como fuego que puede contaminar toda nuestra vida y causar destrucción que viene del infierno.
📚 Contexto Histórico
In the first century AD, James, the brother of Jesus and a leader in the early church, wrote his letter to Jewish Christians scattered across the Roman Empire, addressing practical issues of faith and behavior. This verse is part of a larger passage in James 3 that warns about the dangers of the tongue, drawing from Jewish wisdom traditions that compared speech to something uncontrollable like fire, emphasizing how words could lead to widespread destruction in personal and community life. The cultural context valued oral communication highly, but James highlighted its potential for evil, urging believers to see it as a source of sin that corrupts the whole person.
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