3:2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. The high calling of teacher does not demand sinless perfection, for “we all stumble in many ways” (cf. James 2:10; Romans 3:23; 1 John 1:8). It does demand that one strive to control the tongue. If one could avoid all mistakes in speech, then he would be perfect (τέλειος, teleios, perfection here understood as maturity as in James 1:4; cf. Matthew 5:48). This seems