New Testament Manuscript Translations
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James 3 according to Papyrus 20 Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive
heavier judgment. 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 Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so
that they may obey us, and we guide their
whole body. 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 So the tongue is also a little member, and
boasts great things. See how a
small fire can spread to a large forest!
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 For
every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and sea creature, is tamed, and has been
tamed by mankind; 8 but
nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of
deadly poison. 9 With it we
bless
James 3 according to Papyrus 100 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 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. 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 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
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black font are words in the manuscript matching the Majority Text for that
passage. • Words
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fragmentary. These words are supplied for readability by the World English
Bible translation. • Words
present in the manuscript but with some letters unreadable or missing are in blue
like this: blue. One Greek word often is
translated into multiple English words, and when this occurs, all the English
words are in blue. • Words
present in the manuscript but with spelling or trivial word order differences that do not affect the
meaning are in green like this: green. • If
the manuscript is different from the Majority Text, words in the Majority
Text that are missing from the text of the manuscript are marked through in red
like this: • If the manuscript is different from the Majority Text, words in the manuscript that are not in the Majority Text are underlined in red like this: new words.If the manuscript differs from the Majority Text yet matches another well-known text, this is noted in the footnotes.
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