Spirit & Word - Week 7: Saturday

James 3:8-10

But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

Commentary

Fr. Tadros Malaty
When we use the tongue, by which we bless God in prayer, in cursing people who are made after God’s image, then we direct the insult to God their Creator and we demean His great love, in which He loved the whole world that He gave His Only Begotten Son to die for them.

Questions

• Do we ever think this deeply about gossip or talking bad about someone?

• How would our conversations and speech change if we focused on Christ in the person instead of their weaknesses and shortcomings?