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- After James stressed that our speech should not both bless and curse, he give examples from nature that do not do both.
- Does a spring pour out both fresh and bitter water? - James is using a rhetorical question to teach the readers about the logical order of nature. Alternate translation: "A spring does not pour out both fresh and bitter water." (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)
- brothers - "fellow believers"
- can a fig tree grow olives, or a grapevine grow figs? - James uses another rhetorical question to teach the readers about the logical order of nature. Alternate translation: "a fig tree cannot grow olives, nor can a grapevine grow figs."