OET interlinear YAC (JAM) 3:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: πολλά Γάρ πταίομεν ἅπαντες Εἰ τὶς ἐν λόγῳ οὒ πταίει οὗτος τέλειος ἀνήρ δυνατός χαλιναγωγῆσαι καί ὅλον τό σῶμα)

James is using For to introduce the reason why most of his readers should not become teachers, not the reason why God will judge teachers more strictly. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain this reason more fully as a separate sentence, as UST does.

πολλὰ & πταίομεν ἅπαντες

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: πολλά Γάρ πταίομεν ἅπαντες Εἰ τὶς ἐν λόγῳ οὒ πταίει οὗτος τέλειος ἀνήρ δυνατός χαλιναγωγῆσαι καί ὅλον τό σῶμα)

James is using the adjective much as an adverb. Alternate translation: [we all stumble in many ways]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

πολλὰ & πταίομεν ἅπαντες

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: πολλά Γάρ πταίομεν ἅπαντες Εἰ τὶς ἐν λόγῳ οὒ πταίει οὗτος τέλειος ἀνήρ δυνατός χαλιναγωγῆσαι καί ὅλον τό σῶμα)

James is now speaking of himself and other teachers and also of his readers and people in general, so the pronoun we is inclusive here. Alternate translation: [everyone stumbles in many ways]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

πολλὰ & πταίομεν ἅπαντες & ἐν λόγῳ οὐ πταίει

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: πολλά Γάρ πταίομεν ἅπαντες Εἰ τὶς ἐν λόγῳ οὒ πταίει οὗτος τέλειος ἀνήρ δυνατός χαλιναγωγῆσαι καί ὅλον τό σῶμα)

As in [2:10](../02/10.md), James is speaking of people sinning as if they would stumble, that is, trip and lose their balance while walking. Alternate translation: [we all sin in many ways … does not sin in word]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

εἴ τις ἐν λόγῳ οὐ πταίει

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: πολλά Γάρ πταίομεν ἅπαντες Εἰ τὶς ἐν λόγῳ οὒ πταίει οὗτος τέλειος ἀνήρ δυνατός χαλιναγωγῆσαι καί ὅλον τό σῶμα)

James is using the term word to mean what people say by using words. Alternate translation: [If anyone does not sin in what he says] or [If anyone does not say things that are wrong]

οὗτος τέλειος ἀνήρ

this ˓a˒_perfect man_‹is›

As in [1:4](../01/04.md) and several other places earlier in this letter, the term perfect refers to something that has developed to the point where it is fully suited to its purpose. Alternate translation: [he is a spiritually mature person]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

δυνατὸς χαλιναγωγῆσαι καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: πολλά Γάρ πταίομεν ἅπαντες Εἰ τὶς ἐν λόγῳ οὒ πταίει οὗτος τέλειος ἀνήρ δυνατός χαλιναγωγῆσαι καί ὅλον τό σῶμα)

As in [1:26](../01/26.md), James speaks of a person being able to bridle himself as if that person were controlling a horse with a bridle. Alternate translation: [able to control his whole body]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

δυνατὸς χαλιναγωγῆσαι καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: πολλά Γάρ πταίομεν ἅπαντες Εἰ τὶς ἐν λόγῳ οὒ πταίει οὗτος τέλειος ἀνήρ δυνατός χαλιναγωγῆσαι καί ὅλον τό σῶμα)

James speaks of a person’s body to mean all of that person, including his actions and behavior. Alternate translation: [able to control everything he does]