Parallel Verses

Noyes New Testament

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

New American Standard Bible

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

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.

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.

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.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

if
εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

ye have
ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

πικρός 
Pikros 
Usage: 2

ζῆλος 
Zelos 
Usage: 17

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

ἐριθεία 
Eritheia 
Usage: 7

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

καρδία 
Kardia 
Usage: 116

κατακαυχάομαι 
Katakauchaomai 
Usage: 4

not
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

lie
ψεύδομαι 
Pseudomai 
Usage: 10

not against
κατά 
Kata 
according to, after, against, in, by, daily , as,
Usage: 428

References

Images James 3:14

Prayers for James 3:14

Context Readings

The Wisdom That Comes Down From Above

13 Who is wise and endued with knowledge among you P let him show out of a good course of conduct his works in meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter rivalry and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which descendeth from above, but earthly, sensual, devilish.

Cross References

James 3:16

For where there is rivalry and strife, there is confusion and every evil work.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and lest I too shall be found by you such as ye would not; lest there be wranglings, envying, wraths, rivalries, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

Acts 5:17

But the highpriest and all that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, rose up and were filled with indignation,

Romans 13:13

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in lewdness and wantonness, not in strife and envy;

Philippians 1:15

Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from good will.

Philippians 2:3

doing nothing in the spirit of faction, or in the spirit of vainglory, but in humility esteeming others as better than yourselves;

Matthew 27:18

For he knew that for envy they had delivered him up.

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, the hour is coming when every one that killeth you will think that he is offering sacrifice to God.

Acts 7:9

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him,

Acts 13:45

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with indignation, and spoke against what was spoken by Paul, contradicting and reviling.

Acts 26:9

I indeed thought with myself that I ought to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

Romans 1:29

being filled with all unrighteousness, malice, covetousness, wickedness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; backbiters,

Romans 2:8

but to those who are contentious, and disobedient to the truth; but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and indignation.

Romans 2:17

But if thou art called a Jew, and restest on the Law, and makest thy boast of God,

Romans 2:23-29

Dost thou who boastest of the Law, dishonor God by breaking the Law?

1 Corinthians 3:3

for ye are yet unspiritual. For while there is among you rivalry and strife, are ye not unspiritual, and walking after the manner of men?

1 Corinthians 4:7-8

For who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? But if thou didst receive it, why dost thou boast, as if thou hadst not received it?

1 Corinthians 5:2

And ye are puffed up, and did not rather mourn, so that he that committed this deed might be separated from among you.

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love suffereth long, is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not herself, is not puffed up,

Galatians 5:15

But if ye bite and devour one another, beware lest ye be consumed by one another.

Galatians 5:21

envyings, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you beforehand, as I also told you in time past, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

Galatians 6:13

For not even do they who become circumcised themselves keep the Law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

1 Timothy 6:4

he is puffed up with pride, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, from which cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, going astray, slaves to divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

James 4:1-5

Whence are wars and whence are fightings among you? Are they not hence, from your lusts that war in your members?

James 5:19

Brethren, if any one among you be led astray from the truth, and one convert him,

1 Peter 2:1-2

Laying aside therefore all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all slander,

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