James 3:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But 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.

Gentle

Without

James 2:4

Malachi 2:9

1 Timothy 5:21

Hypocrisy

General references

Bible References

Gentle

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,

Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am humble among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherishes her children:

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men.

Without

Are you not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

Hypocrisy

For the foolish person will speak foolishness, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

In the meantime, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, so much that they tread one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto sincere love of the brethren, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Therefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking,

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

General references

Neither shall you be partial to a poor man in his cause.

For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you.

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.

Take heed therefore that the light which is in you be not darkness.

But this people who know not the law are cursed.

If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men.

But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you be not consumed one of another.

Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

For the anger of man works not the righteousness of God.