Parallel Verses
Sawyer New Testament
But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and lie not against 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.
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.
Noyes New Testament
But if ye have bitter rivalry and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie 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 What wise and intelligent man is there among you? Let him show his works by good conduct, in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom comes not from above, but is earthly, natural, demoniacal.
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Cross References
James 3:16
For where envy and strife are, there are disorder and every evil work.
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I fear lest when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found such as you wish not; lest there shall be strife, envy, anger, contentions, evil speakings, whisperings, pride, dissensions;
Acts 5:17
And the chief priest arose, and all those with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, and were filled with wrath,
Romans 13:13
Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelries and drinking, not in lewdness and excesses, not in strife and envy;
Philippians 1:15
For some indeed preach Christ because of envy and strife, and some also because of good will;
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing in strife or vain glory, but in humility let each esteem others better than himself,
Matthew 27:18
For he knew that they had delivered him up from envy.
John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming when every one that kills you will think he renders God a service.
Acts 7:9
And the patriarchs envying Joseph sold him into Egypt; and God was with him
Acts 13:45
And the Jews seeing the multitudes were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, disputing and blaspheming.
Acts 26:9
I indeed thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazoraean,
Romans 1:29
being filled with all wickedness, malice, covetousness, vice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions, whisperers,
Romans 2:8
but to those who are contentions and disobey the truth, and obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath.
Romans 2:17
But [what] if you are called a Jew and rest on the law, and boast of God,
Romans 2:23-29
You who boast of the law, by the transgression of the law do you dishonor God?
1 Corinthians 3:3
for you are yet carnal. For when there is envy and strife among you are you not carnal and walk as men?
1 Corinthians 4:7-8
For who made you to differ? And what have you that you did not receive? And if you received, why do you boast as one that receives not?
1 Corinthians 5:2
And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed should be removed from among you.
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your rejoicing is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole mass?
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love is not boastful, is not puffed up,
Galatians 5:15
But if you bite and devour one another, see that you be not consumed one by another.
Galatians 5:21
murders, drunkenness, revellings and the like, of which I tell you before, as I have also previously told you, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:26
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Galatians 6:13
For the circumcised themselves do not keep the law, but they wish you to be circumcised that they may glory in your flesh.
1 Timothy 6:4
he is blinded and knows nothing, but has a sickly longing for debates and wars of words, from which arise envy, contention, blasphemies, evil suspicions,
Titus 3:3
For we formerly were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, detestable, and hating one another;
James 4:1-5
Whence come wars and contentions among you? Come they not thence, from your pleasures that war in your members?
James 5:19
Brothers, if any one among you errs from the truth, and one converts him,
1 Peter 2:1-2
Laying aside therefore all malice and all deceit and hypocrisies and envies and all evil speakings,