James 3:15

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Summary

James 3:15

This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

Wisdom

Philippians 3:19

Devilish

General references

Galatians 5:15

Bible References

Wisdom

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable (yielding), full of mercy and good fruits, without discord (partiality), without hypocrisy.

If any of you lacks wisdom let him ask of God. He gives to all generously and without reproach and it will be given to him.

God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world. Instead the world should be saved through him.

You are still fleshly! There is envy, strife, and divisions among you. Do you not walk as ordinary men?

Their end is destruction. Their god is their belly. Their glory is in their shame. They set their mind on earthly things.

Devilish

Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals Jehovah God had made. He said to the woman: Did God really say, you must not eat from any tree in the garden?

You are from your father [Satan] the Devil (slanderer) (false accuser)! You want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. He does not stand for the truth. There is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks his own lies. He is a liar and the father of the lie!

And said: You child of the devil, full of all subtlety and mischief, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of Jehovah?

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds will be lead away from the simplicity and the purity (cleanness) that is toward Christ.

He who sins is of the devil. For the devil sinned from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was made known (manifested), that he might destroy the works of the devil.

These cause divisions; they are sensual (worldly-minded) persons not having the Spirit.

The angel of the bottomless pit was their king. His name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.

The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was hurled down to the earth, and his angels with him.

General references

For the sake of my brothers and friends let me say: May it go well for you!

Make sure the light that is in you is not darkness.

He said: I would pull down my barns and build larger barns. I will store all my grain and goods there.

I know what I will do when my job is gone. My friends will welcome me in their homes.'

This crowd does not know the law. It is contemptible

This is because by reason of Lazarus many of the Jews believed in Jesus.

But if you continue to bite and devour one another, take care that you do not consume one another.