Jam 3:6 | TNotes | STEP | 3:6 It is a whole world of wickedness: The tongue acts as an agent of the whole unrighteous world opposed to God (1:27 ; 4:4 ). • hell itself: Greek Gehenna, the place of eternal punishment (Matt 5:22 , 30 ; 23:15 ), in contrast to Hades, the abode of the dead (Luke 16:23 ; Acts 2:31 ). The reference to hell is an allusion to the devil (Jas 4:7 ; Matt 5:22 ; John 8:44 ) as the ultimate source of evil speech.

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‏ James 3:6

3:6 ^a It is a whole world of wickedness: The tongue acts as an agent of the whole unrighteous world opposed to God (1:27 ^b; 4:4 ^c).

• hell itself: Greek Gehenna, the place of eternal punishment (Matt 5:22 ^d, 30 ^e; 23:15 ^f), in contrast to Hades, the abode of the dead (Luke 16:23 ^g; Acts 2:31 ^h). The reference to hell is an allusion to the devil (Jas 4:7 ⁱ; Matt 5:22 ^j; John 8:44 ^k) as the ultimate source of evil speech.