5 So also the tongue is a small member of the body*The words "of the body" are not in the Greek text but are supplied for clarity and boasts great things. Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest! 6 And the tongue is a fire! The world of unrighteousness,Or "a fire, the world of unrighteousness! The tongue is set among our members" the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire the course of human existenceLiterally "the wheel of origin", being set on fire by hell.