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James 3:2 (WEB)
For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.

Fathers and councils · 10

Jerome, Against Jovinianus Book 2
“But we, according to the Epistle of James, “all stumble in many things,” and“no one is pure from sin, no not if his life be but a day long.”For who will boast “that he has a clean heart? or who will be sure that he is pure from sin?”” — editor's note: James iii. 2.
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Jerome, Against the Pelagians Book 2
“James iii. 2.” — the author cites it
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Jerome, Against the Pelagians Book 3
“If you are holy, if you are innocent, if you are cleansed from all defilement, if you have sinned neither in word nor deed—although James says, “He who offends not in word is a perfect man,” and “No one can curb his tongue”—how is it that you sue for mercy? so that, forsooth, you bewail yourself, and…” — editor's note: James iii. 2.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 50
“He may, however, have supposed me to be in error (for “in many things we offend all,” and “if any man offend not in word he is a perfect man”).” — editor's note: Jas. iii. 2.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 57
“If any man offend not in word the same is a perfect man and able also to bridle the whole body.”” — editor's note: James iii. 2.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 56
“For it is written, “Whosoever in tongue stumbleth not, the same is a perfect man.”” — editor's note: Jas. iii. 2.
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Augustine of Hippo, The Enchiridion Chapter 78
“…sort, and of others again more trifling still, which consist of offenses in words and thought (as the Apostle James confesses, “In many things we offend all”), that we need to pray every day and often to the Lord, saying, “Forgive us our debts,” and to add in truth and sincerity, “as we forgive our debtors.”” — editor's note: Jas. iii. 2. [See R.V.]
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 57
“At times I read and hear: “My brethren, be not many masters, seeing that ye shall receive the greater condemnation: for in many things we offend all.”” — editor's note: Jas. iii. 1, 2.
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Leo the Great, Sermons Sermon 49
“But because, as it is written, “in many things we all stumble,” let the feeling of mercy be first aroused and the faults of others against us be forgotten; that we may not violate by any love of revenge that most holy…” — editor's note: S. James iii. 2.
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Leo the Great, Sermons Sermon 88
““For in many things,” as it is written, “we all stumble.”” — editor's note: S. James iii. 2.
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