James 3:15
Such wisdom is not that which is descending from on high, but is earthly, sensual, demonlike.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
In Context
16For wherever jealousy and faction exist, there is confusion and every evil deed.
Cross References
John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
Acts 13:10"O full of all craft and cunning, you son of the devil! You enemy of all goodness! Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?
1 Corinthians 1:19For thus it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the philosophers, And the prudence of the prudent will I confound.
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 →