James 3:16
For where there is emulation and strife, there is confusion and every evil work.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
In Context
15This wisdom is not one that comes down from above, but earthly, sensual[3:16], devilish.
Cross References
Mark 3:25And if a house be divided against itself, that house can not stand.
1 Corinthians 3:3For ye are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk as men?
Galatians 5:20idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, emulation, wraths, contentions, divisions, factions,
1 John 3:12Not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore did he slay him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Matthew Henry on James 3:14-18
Properties of Wisdom. ( a. d. 61.) 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be… Read the whole commentary →