3:1 [] Mh ginesqe polloi didaskaloi, adelfoi mou, exeuronteV oti megalhteran katakrisin qelomen labei×

3:2 dioti eiV polla ptaiomen apanteV. Ean tiV den ptaih eiV logon, outoV einai teleioV anhr, dunatoV na calinagwghsh kai olon to swma.

3:3 Idou, touV calinouV ballomen eiV ta stomata twn ippwn dia na peiqwntai eiV hmaV, kai metaferomen olon to swma autwn.

3:4 Idou, kai ta ploia, onta toson megala kai upo sfodrwn anemwn elaunomena, metaferontai upo elacistou phdaliou, opou an qelh h epiqumia tou kubernwntoV.

3:5 Outw kai h glwssa einai mikron meloV, omwV megalaucei. Idou, oligon pur poson megalhn ulhn anaptei×

3:6 kai h glwssa pur einai, o kosmoV thV adikiaV. Outw metaxu twn melwn hmwn h glwssa einai h molunousa olon to swma kai flogizousa ton trocon tou biou kai flogizomenh upo thV geennhV.

3:7 Dioti pan eidoV qhriwn kai pthnwn, erpetwn kai qalassiwn damazetai kai edamasqh upo thV anqrwpinhV fusewV,

3:8 thn glwssan omwV oudeiV twn anqrwpwn dunatai na damash× einai akrathton kakon, mesth qanathforou farmakou.

3:9 Di' authV eulogoumen ton Qeon kai Patera, kai di' authV katarwmeqa touV anqrwpouV touV kaq' omoiwsin Qeou plasqentaV×

3:10 ek tou autou stomatoV exercetai eulogia kai katara. Den prepei, adelfoi mou, tauta na ginwntai outw.

3:11 MhpwV h phgh apo thV authV truphV anabruei to gluku kai to pikron;

3:12 mhpwV einai dunaton, adelfoi mou, h sukh na kamh elaiaV h h ampeloV suka; outwV oudemia phgh einai dunaton na kamh udwr almuron kai gluku.

3:13 [] TiV einai metaxu saV sofoV kai episthmwn; aV deixh ek thV kalhV diagwghV ta erga eautou en praothti sofiaV.

3:14 Ean omwV echte en th kardia umwn fqonon pikron kai filoneikian, mh katakaucasqe kai yeudesqe kata thV alhqeiaV.

3:15 H sofia auth den einai anwqen katabainousa, all' einai epigeioV, zwwdhV, daimoniwdhV.

3:16 Dioti opou einai fqonoV kai filoneikia, ekei akatastasia kai pan acreion pragma.

3:17 H anwqen omwV sofia prwton men einai kaqara, epeita eirhnikh, epieikhV, eupeiqhV, plhrhV eleouV kai kalwn karpwn, amerolhptoV kai anupokritoV.