James 3:14

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James 3:14

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

If

Glory

And lie

2 Kings 10:16

John 16:2

Acts 26:9

General references

Bible References

If

for where zeal and rivalry are, there is insurrection and every evil matter;

Whence are wars and fightings among you? not thence -- out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, 'Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.'

and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

A healed heart is life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones is envy.

Fury is fierce, and anger is overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

And turned aside hath the envy of Ephraim, And the adversaries of Judah are cut off, Ephraim doth not envy Judah, And Judah doth not distress Ephraim.

Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence are before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift itself up,

for he had known that because of envy they had delivered him up.

And having risen, the chief priest, and all those with him -- being the sect of the Sadducees -- were filled with zeal,

and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

and the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and did contradict the things spoken by Paul -- contradicting and speaking evil.

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

for yet ye are fleshly, for where there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up,

for I fear lest, having come, not such as I wish I may find you, and I -- I may be found by you such as ye do not wish, lest there be strifes, envyings, wraths, revelries, evil-speakings, whisperings, puffings up, insurrections,

and if one another ye do bite and devour, see -- that ye may not by one another be consumed.

Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --

he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,

for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

Glory

Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God,

for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

and ye are having been puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he may be removed out of the midst of you who did this work,

for neither do those circumcised themselves keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised, that in your flesh they may glory.

And lie

and saith, 'Come with me, and look on my zeal for Jehovah;' and they cause him to ride in his chariot.

out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved me many things to do,

General references

For the sake of my brethren and my companions, Let me speak, I pray thee, 'Peace be in thee.'

take heed, then, lest the light that is in thee be darkness;

but this multitude, that is not knowing the law, is accursed.'

because on account of him many of the Jews were going away, and were believing in Jesus.

and if one another ye do bite and devour, see -- that ye may not by one another be consumed.

and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;