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James 3:17-18 KJV
James · chapter 3 · verses 17–18
17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.James 3:17-18 · King James Version
James 3:17-18 in context
15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Commentary
Cross references
- Galatians 5:22-23
- Proverbs 2:6
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
- James 3:15
- Romans 12:9
- James 1:5
- James 1:17
- Matthew 5:8
- Matthew 5:9
- Hosea 10:12
- Philippians 1:11
- Isaiah 32:16-17
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- peaceableeirēnikosrelating to peace, peaceable, pacific, loving peace, bring peace with it, peaceful…G1516 →
- intreatedeupeithēseasily obeying, compliantG2138 →
- wisdomsophiawisdom, broad and full of intelligence used of the knowledge of very diverse matters, the…G4678 →
- gentleepieikēsseeming, suitable, equitable, fair, mild, gentleG1933 →
- aboveanōthenfrom above, from a higher place, of things which come from heaven or God, from the first…G509 →
- firstprōtonfirst in time or place, in any succession of things or persons, first in rank, influence…G4412 →
- mercyeleosmercy kindness or good will towards the miserable and the afflicted, joined with a desire…G1656 →
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As the sins before condemned arise from an affectation of being thought more wise than others, and being endued with more knowledge than they, so the apostle in these verses shows the difference between men's pretending to be wise and their being really so, and between the wisdom which is from beneath (from earth or…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-18