3:7-9
James continues his description of the problem of the tongue. While we have managed to tame many types of animals and other creatures, we have not been able to tame the tongue! At one moment it can be praising the Lord, and then at the next cursing people. And these people are people made in the image of God. James highlights this latter fact to emphasise the importance of all people, and how terrible it is when we abuse them, whether verbally or physically
3:10-12
So blessing and cursing come from the same mouth (and I guess we all know that this is true!). But it should not be that way. That is not the way God created us, it is because of sin that things are the way they are. This is true of so many things. They can be good and can be evil. Indeed, in nature most things are one thing or the other. It is we human who demonstrate the double nature in so many ways. And it is sin that is the cause of this. We were created good, but sin has corrupted us.
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