3 Ἴδε,*35 [60%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ ει δε [38.5%] NU ¦ ιδου [0.5%] TR (ECM lists six uncials as ambiguous, including ℵA,B,C. The variant chosen by NU scarcely makes sense. The και at the beginning of verse 4 presupposes an imperative at the beginning of verse 3.) τῶν ἵππων τοὺς χαλινοὺς εἰς τὰ στόματα βάλλομεν πρὸς τὸ*35 A (97%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ εις 2 ℵB,C (2.4%) NU ¦ τω (0.6%) πείθεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν μετάγομεν. 4 Ἰδοὺ καὶ τὰ πλοῖα· τηλικαῦτα ὄντα καὶ ὑπὸ ἀνέμων σκληρῶν*35 ℵB,C [44%] NU ¦ ∼ 21 A [56%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ἐλαυνόμενα, μετάγεται ὑπὸ ἐλαχίστου πηδαλίου ὅπου ἂν*35 A,C [99.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵB [0.5%] NU ἡ ὁρμὴ τοῦ ἰθύνοντος*35 [21%] ¦ ευθυνοντος ℵA,B,C [79%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (At issue is a mere question of spelling, the first variant being classical Greek. It seems to me more probable that the unfamiliar classical form would be changed to the familiar koine than vice versa [most lexicons don’t even list the classical form].) βούληται.*35 A,C [89%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ βουλεται ℵB [10%] NU ¦ βουλοιτο [1%] 5 Οὕτως καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα μικρὸν μέλος ἐστὶν καὶ μεγαλαυχεῖ.*35 𝕻20ℵ [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ μεγαλα αυχει A,B,C [5%] NU

Ἰδού, ὀλίγον*35 Av,C [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ηλικον ℵB [3%] NU ¦ ολιγων [2%] (The Alexandrian variant goes against James’ argument.) πῦρ ἡλίκην ὕλην ἀνάπτει. 6 Καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα πῦρ, ὁ κόσμος τῆς ἀδικίας, οὕτως*35 [83%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 και [8%] ¦ --- 𝕻20ℵA,B,C [9%] NU ἡ γλῶσσα καθίσταται ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ἡμῶν, ἡ σπιλοῦσα ὅλον τὸ σῶμα καὶ φλογίζουσα τὸν τροχὸν τῆς γενέσεως, καὶ φλογιζομένη ὑπὸ τῆς Γεέννης. 7 Πᾶσα γὰρ φύσις θηρίων τε καὶ πετεινῶν, ἑρπετῶν τε καὶ ἐναλίων, δαμάζεται καὶ δεδάμασται τῇ φύσει τῇ ἀνθρωπίνῃ. 8 Τὴν δὲ γλῶσσαν οὐδεὶς δύναται ἀνθρώπων δαμάσαι*35 (84.1%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ∼ 132 ℵA (11.9%) ¦ ∼ 312 B,C (1%) NU ¦ 13 (1.4%) ¦ 1 (0.8%) ¦ three other variants plus an ambiguity—ἀκατάσχετον*35 C (97.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ακαταστατον ℵA,B (2.6%) NU κακόν, μεστὴ ἰοῦ θανατηφόρου.