La langue aussi est un feu; c'est le monde de l'iniquité. La langue est placée parmi nos membres, souillant tout le corps, et enflammant le cours de la vie, étant elle-même enflammée par la géhenne.
Louis Segond 1910
Grec original
Louis Segond 1910
La langue aussi est un feu; c'est le monde de l'iniquité. La langue est placée parmi nos membres, souillant tout le corps, et enflammant le cours de la vie, étant elle-même enflammée par la géhenne.
KJV
And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Odo of Cluny
The Life of Saint Odo Second Abbot of Cluny
body, and sets on fire the wheel of our birth. The tongue is a restless evil full of deadly poison (James 3:6, 8). The psalmist also says about it: The Lord will destroy all deceitful lips and the boastful tongue (Psalm 12:3). Similarly, Ezekiel states: I will make your tongue st…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
one the less; because they know that such confinement is their due. Hence it is said in a gloss upon James 3:6 : "They carry fire of hell with them wherever they go." Nor is this contrary to what is said ( Lk. 8:31 ), "They besought the Lord not to cast them into the abyss"; for…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
d is nowise diminished, if by God's permission they happen to be outside hell for a time. A gloss on James 3:6, "inflameth the wheel of our nativity," etc., is in agreement with this, for it is worded thus: "The devil, wherever he is, whether in the air or under the earth, drags…
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