James · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
James 3 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Не мно́зи ᲂу҆чи́телїе быва́йте, бра́тїе моѧ̑, вѣ́дѧще, ꙗ҆́кѡ бо́льшее ѡ҆сꙋжде́нїе прїи́мемъ,
1 Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
2 мно́гѡ бо согрѣша́емъ всѝ. А҆́ще кто̀ въ сло́вѣ не согрѣша́етъ, се́й соверше́нъ мꙋ́жъ, си́ленъ ѡ҆бꙋзда́ти и҆ всѐ тѣ́ло.
2 For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.
3 Се́ (бо и҆) ко́нємъ ᲂу҆зды̑ во ᲂу҆ста̀ влага́емъ, да повинꙋ́ютсѧ на́мъ, и҆ всѐ тѣ́ло и҆́хъ ѡ҆браща́емъ:
3 Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.
4 сѐ, и҆ корабли̑ вели́цы сꙋ́ще и҆ ѿ же́стокихъ вѣ́трѡвъ заточа́еми, ѡ҆браща́ютсѧ ма́лымъ корми́льцемъ, а҆́може стремле́нїе пра́вѧщагѡ хо́щетъ:
4 Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.
5 та́кожде же и҆ ѧ҆зы́къ ма́лъ ᲂу҆́дъ є҆́сть, и҆ вельмѝ хва́литсѧ. Сѐ, ма́лъ ѻ҆́гнь, (и҆) ко́ль вели̑ки вє́щи сожига́етъ.
5 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
6 И҆ ѧ҆зы́къ ѻ҆́гнь, лѣ́пота непра́вды: си́це и҆ ѧ҆зы́къ водворѧ́етсѧ во ᲂу҆́дѣхъ на́шихъ, сквернѧ̀ всѐ тѣ́ло, и҆ палѧ̀ ко́ло рожде́нїѧ на́шегѡ, и҆ ѡ҆палѧ́ѧсѧ ѿ гее́нны:
6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
7 всѧ́ко бо є҆стество̀ ѕвѣре́й же и҆ пти́цъ, га̑дъ же и҆ ры́бъ, ᲂу҆кроща́етсѧ и҆ ᲂу҆кроти́тсѧ є҆стество́мъ человѣ́ческимъ,
7 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind;
8 ѧ҆зы́ка же никто́же мо́жетъ ѿ человѣ̑къ ᲂу҆кроти́ти: не ᲂу҆держи́мо (бо) ѕло̀, и҆спо́лнь ꙗ҆́да смертоно́сна.
8 but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Тѣ́мъ благословлѧ́емъ бг҃а и҆ ѻ҆ц҃а̀, и҆ тѣ́мъ клене́мъ человѣ́ки бы́вшыѧ по подо́бїю бж҃їю:
9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.
10 ѿ тѣ́хже ᲂу҆́стъ и҆схо́дитъ благослове́нїе и҆ клѧ́тва. Не подоба́етъ, бра́тїе моѧ̑ возлю́бленнаѧ, си̑мъ та́кѡ быва́ти.
10 Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
11 Є҆да́ ли и҆сто́чникъ ѿ є҆ди́нагѡ ᲂу҆́стїѧ и҆сточа́етъ сла́дкое и҆ го́рькое;
11 Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water?
12 Є҆да̀ мо́жетъ, бра́тїе моѧ̑, смоко́вница ма̑слины твори́ти, и҆лѝ вїногра́днаѧ лоза̀ смѡ́квы; та́кожде ни є҆ди́нъ и҆сто́чникъ сла́нꙋ и҆ сла́дкꙋ твори́тъ во́дꙋ.
12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh water.
13 Кто̀ премꙋ́дръ и҆ хꙋдо́гъ въ ва́съ, да пока́жетъ ѿ до́брагѡ житїѧ̀ дѣла̀ своѧ̑ въ кро́тости и҆ премꙋ́дрости.
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
14 А҆́ще же за́висть го́рькꙋ и҆́мате и҆ рве́нїе въ сердца́хъ ва́шихъ, не хвали́тесѧ, ни лжи́те на и҆́стинꙋ:
14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.
15 нѣ́сть сїѧ̀ премꙋ́дрость свы́ше низходѧ́щи, но зе́мна, дꙋше́вна, бѣсо́вска:
15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
16 и҆дѣ́же бо за́висть и҆ рве́нїе, тꙋ̀ нестрое́нїе и҆ всѧ́ка ѕла̀ ве́щь.
16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
17 А҆ ꙗ҆́же свы́ше премⷣрость, пе́рвѣе ᲂу҆́бѡ чтⷭ҇а̀ є҆́сть, пото́мъ же ми́рна, кротка̀, бл҃гопокорли́ва, и҆спо́лнь ми́лости и҆ плодѡ́въ бл҃ги́хъ, несꙋмѣ́нна и҆ нелицемѣ́рна.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 Пло́дъ же пра́вды въ ми́рѣ сѣ́етсѧ творѧ́щымъ ми́ръ.
18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Timothy 1:7; Luke 12:47–48; 1 Peter 5:3; Matthew 23:13; 1 Corinthians 12:28
- 2 James 1:26; Proverbs 13:3; 1 Peter 3:10; Matthew 12:37; Psalm 34:13
- 3 Psalm 32:9; Psalm 39:1; James 1:26; 2 Kings 19:28
- 4 Matthew 8:24; Psalm 107:25–27; Acts 27:14–38
- 5 Proverbs 18:21; Proverbs 12:18; Jeremiah 9:3–8; Proverbs 15:2; Psalm 17:10
- 6 Psalm 120:2–3; Proverbs 16:27; Mark 7:15; Matthew 15:11–20; Proverbs 15:1
- 8 Romans 3:13; Psalm 140:3; Psalm 55:21; James 3:6; Psalm 57:4
- 9 Psalm 10:7; Genesis 1:26–27; Genesis 9:6; Psalm 62:4; Psalm 59:12
- 10 Romans 12:14; 1 Peter 3:9; 1 Corinthians 3:3; Psalm 50:16–20; 1 Timothy 5:13
- 12 Luke 6:43–44; Matthew 12:33; Matthew 7:16–20; Jeremiah 2:21; Romans 11:16–18
- 13 Galatians 5:23; James 3:17; Matthew 5:5; Colossians 3:12; 1 Peter 2:12
- 14 James 3:16; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Philippians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 3:3; Romans 13:13
- 15 James 3:17; James 1:17; 1 Corinthians 3:19; Philippians 3:19; 1 Corinthians 2:14
- 16 James 3:14; 1 Corinthians 3:3; 1 Corinthians 14:33; 1 John 3:12; Galatians 5:20
- 17 Galatians 5:22–23; Proverbs 2:6; 1 Corinthians 13:4–7; James 3:15; Romans 12:9
- 18 Matthew 5:9; Hosea 10:12; Philippians 1:11; Isaiah 32:16–17; Galatians 6:8
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
"I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?" At times I read and hear: "My brethren, be not many masters, seeing that ye shall receive the greater condemnation: for in many things we offend all." "I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?" But see, I rise and open.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)