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Scripture: James 3:1-12

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Introduction

1. Response to testings and temptations (James 1:1-18)
2. The reception of the Word (James 1:19-27)
3. The respect of persons (James 2:1-13)
4. The relation between faith and works (James 2:14-26)
5. The teacher, the tongue and wisdom (James 3:1-18)
   1. The teacher and the tongue (James 3:1-12)
      1. The importance of the tongue (James 3:1-5)
         v. 1: NB. The warning is for teachers
         v. 2: NB. The crucial nature of the tongue
         vv. 3-5: Three illustrations
      2. The insubordination of the tongue (James 3:6-8)
      3. The incongruity of being double-tongued (James 3:9-12)
         1. The contradictions by the tongue (James 3:9-10)
         2. The consistency of nature (James 3:11-12)

Conclusion and application