Tiago 3
Augustine of Hippo · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Tiago 3:2
Who then would ever dare to call himself perfect? — SERMONS 23
Tiago 3:3
Note that the comparison is taken from the beasts which we are able to tame. The horse does not tame itself, nor does a man do so. A man is needed in order to tame a horse, and in the same way, God is needed in order to tame a man. — COMMENTARY ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT 55.2
Tiago 3:8
I do not believe that this passage can bear the interpretation which Pelagius wants to put on it. He says that this is stated as a reproach, as if one were to say: "Is no one therefore able to control his tongue?" As if it were easier to tame the tongue than to tame wild beasts. But I do not believe that this is the meaning. If James had wanted to say that, he would have done so, but instead he was determined to show what a great evil a man's tongue can be, so great that it cannot be tamed by anyone, even though that is not true of wild beasts. He said this not in order that we should tolerate this evil but in order that we should ask for divine grace to tame our tongue. — ON NATURE AND GRACE 15 (16)
Tiago 3:17
This is the wisdom which tames the tongue, descending from above, not springing from the human heart. Would anyone dare to snatch it away from the grace of God and, with overweening pride, place it in the power of man? — ON NATURE AND GRACE 16 (17)