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

and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

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?

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

Devilish

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, 'Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'

Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.

said, 'O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord?

and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in the Christ;

he who is doing the sin, of the devil he is, because from the beginning the devil doth sin; for this was the Son of God manifested, that he may break up the works of the devil;

these are those setting themselves apart, natural men, the Spirit not having.

and they have over them a king -- the messenger of the abyss -- a name is to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he hath a name, Apollyon.

and the great dragon was cast forth -- the old serpent, who is called 'Devil,' and 'the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world -- he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

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;

and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.

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.