Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
But if you have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, do not be boasting of that, and be false to the truth.
New American Standard Bible
But if you have bitter
King James Version
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Holman Bible
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.
International Standard Version
But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth.
A Conservative Version
But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth.
American Standard Version
But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
Amplified
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be arrogant, and [as a result] be in defiance of the truth.
An Understandable Version
But if you people have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not be arrogant [over it] and deny the truth.
Anderson New Testament
But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Bible in Basic English
But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
Common New Testament
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but if envy and contention imbitter your minds, don't think your false pretences can stand against the truth:
Darby Translation
but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
Godbey New Testament
But if you have bitter envy and strife in your heart, do not boast, and lie against the truth.
Goodspeed New Testament
But if you cherish bitter feelings of jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus belie the truth.
John Wesley New Testament
But if ye have bitter zeal and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth.
Julia Smith Translation
And if ye have bitter envy and intrigue in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the truth.
King James 2000
But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not, and lie not against the truth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
Modern King James verseion
But if you have bitter jealousy and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, rejoice not: neither be liars against the truth.
Moffatt New Testament
But if you are cherishing bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on that ??and be false to the truth.
NET Bible
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.
New Heart English Bible
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and do not lie against the truth.
Noyes New Testament
But if ye have bitter rivalry and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth.
Sawyer New Testament
But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and lie not against the truth.
The Emphasized Bible
But, if, bitter jealousy, ye have, and rivalry, in your hearts; be not boasting and showing yourselves false against the truth!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But if ye have bitter envy and contention in your heart, boast not, and lie not against the truth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But, while you harbor envy and bitterness and a spirit of rivalry in your hearts, do not boast or lie to the detriment of the Truth.
Webster
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Weymouth New Testament
But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.
Williams New Testament
But if you cherish bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop being proud of it and stop being false to the standard of truth.
World English Bible
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
Worrell New Testament
But, if ye have bitter jealousy and contention in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
Worsley New Testament
but if ye have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth;
Youngs Literal Translation
and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;
Themes
Confusion » Where confusion is
Envy » The place where envy exists
Envy » Inconsistent with » The gospel
Strife » Causes of » Forbidden
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Word Count of 37 Translations in James 3:14
Prayers for James 3:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Wisdom That Comes Down From Above
13 Who among you is wise and intelligent? Let him show his deeds by his good life, in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, do not be boasting of that, and be false to the truth. 15 Such wisdom is not that which is descending from on high, but is earthly, sensual, demonlike.
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Cross References
James 3:16
For wherever jealousy and faction exist, there is confusion and every evil deed.
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I dread that perhaps, when I come, I may not find you to be such as I wish, and that I may be found by you such as you do not wish; I dread lest there should be quarrels, jealousy, tempers, party spirit, slandering, gossip, arrogance, tumults;
Acts 5:17
This aroused bitter indignation among the high priest and his followers who were of the sect of the Sadducees,
Romans 13:13
Let us live honestly, as in the day, Not in reveling and drunkenness, Not in lust and licentiousness, Not is strife and jealousy;
Philippians 1:15
Some indeed are preaching Christ out of envy and contentiousness, but others from good-will.
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing out of strife, nothing out of vanity, but let each one in true humility consider the others to be of more account than himself.
Matthew 27:18
He knew well that it was because of enmity that they had brought Jesus before him.
John 16:2
"They will excommunicate you from their synagogues; indeed the time is coming when any one who kills you will suppose that he is doing God's service.
Acts 7:9
"The patriarchs out of jealousy sold Joseph into Egypt.
Acts 13:45
When they saw the crowds, the Jews were filled with jealousy, and began to contradict Paul's statements, and to abuse him.
Acts 26:9
"I indeed once thought with myself that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.
Romans 1:29
They were overflowing with every kind of iniquity, depravity, greed, and malice. They were full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and malignity.
Romans 2:8
but anger and wrath upon those who are self-willed and disobey the truth, but obey unrighteousness.
Romans 2:17
Now if you bear the name of a Jew, and rely upon law, and boast yourself in God,
Romans 2:23-29
You who are making your boast in the Law, do you habitually dishonor God through your transgressions of the Law?
1 Corinthians 3:3
You are not able even now, for you are still unspiritual. While there is among you jealousy and strife, are you not still unspiritual, and behaving like worldlings?
1 Corinthians 4:7-8
For who makes you a differ, brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why are you boasting as if you had not received it?
1 Corinthians 5:2
Yet you are puffed up instead of mourning and removing from among you the man who has done this thing.
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that even a little leaven leavens all the lump?
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love makes no parade, is not puffed up,
Galatians 5:15
But if you are always biting and devouring one another, take heed lest you be utterly consumed one by another.
Galatians 5:21
envy, drunkenness, revellings, and things like these. I tell you beforehand, as I have already told you, that those who practise such sins shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:26
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Galatians 6:13
Even those who are being circumcised, are not themselves keeping the Law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may glory in your flesh.
1 Timothy 6:4
he is puffed up with conceit and knows nothing, but is doting about disputations and a strife of words. These give rise to envy, quarrels, railings, evil suspicions,
Titus 3:3
For we were ourselves once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, passing our lives in malice and envy. We were hateful, and we hated one another.
James 4:1-5
Where do the conflicts and quarrels that go on among you come from? Do they not come from your passions which are always making war among your bodily members?
James 5:19
My brothers, if any one of you strays from the truth, and some one brings him back,
1 Peter 2:1-2
Therefore put away all malice, all deceit, insincerity, jealousy, and slander of every sort.