the little foxes
that spoil the vineyards,
ffor our vineyards are in blossom.”
12 dWho can discern his errors?
15 See to it that no one vfails to obtain the grace of God; that no w“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
7 gYou were running well. Who hindered you from obeying hthe truth?
6 And I am sure of this, that he who began ha good work in you iwill bring it to completion at jthe day of Jesus Christ.
27 Only vlet your manner of life be wworthy1 of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you xthat you are standing firm in one spirit, with yone mind zstriving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet hit boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
6 And ithe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, jstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,1 and set on fire by hell.2
8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, kfull of deadly poison.
6 Let your speech always jbe gracious, kseasoned with salt, lso that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
