James 3:14

But if ye have bitter envy and contention in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the truth.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

In Context

13Who is a wise man and intelligent among you, let him shew in a becoming conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom.

15This is not the wisdom which cometh from above, but is earthly, sensual, diabolical.

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Cross References

John 16:2They will put you out of their synagogues: yea, the hour is coming, that every one who killeth you will think he offers God a sacred service.

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 →

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