The ships also (κα τα πλοια). Old word from πλεω, to sail (Matthew 4:21). Another metaphor like "horses" (ιππο). "Ther…

Behold also the ships. This illustration is equally striking and obvious. A ship is a large object. It seems unmanageable due to its vastn…

The governor—that is, the “helmsman,” from the Latin gubernator. The Venerable Bede, our earliest English translator, ref…

The next illustration on the influence of the tongue is the rudder of a ship. Three factors made ships of that day difficult to control: they were …

Behold also the ships, which though they be so great
Of so large a bulk, of such a prodigious size, and are such unw…

We are taught to dread an unruly tongue as one of the greatest evils. The affairs of humankind are thrown into confusion by the tongues of people. …