out that whereas in James 3 the author acknowledges the tongue’s power but condemns its evil use, here he points to its equally powerful proper use. The word for “wandered” (πλανηθῇ, planēthē) is passive in form and might mean “has been led astray”; however, the emphasis is not on an external cause of the wandering, but (as in 1:14) on the willful action of the person departing from the truth, veering from the true course. It is not unlike the experience of getting lost in the woods. When hikers