James 3:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Gentle

Titus 3:2

Without

James 2:4

1 Timothy 5:21

Hypocrisy

1 John 3:18

General references

Bible References

Gentle

[Note: The following traits should be understood in the context of love for people]. Love is patient [with people], and is kind [to them]; love does not envy [what people are or have]; love does not boast [of being superior to others], it is not arrogant [in dealing with people].

Now I Paul, who am humble [when speaking] face to face with you, but bold when I am away from you, urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ [Note: This means either Paul was imitating Christ's behavior or that the Corinthians were to do so]:

But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,

(for the product of light consists of everything good and right and true).

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.

For the Lord's slave must not quarrel, but be kind toward everyone, capable of teaching, [and] patient [with difficult people and situations].

to slander no one, to be peaceful, to be considerate [or, "gentle"] and to show every courtesy to all people.

Without

are you not making class distinctions among yourselves and judging [people] from evil motives?

I solemnly urge you, in the presence of God, and Christ Jesus and the elect [i.e, chosen] angels, that you obey these instructions without showing prejudice [toward anyone], or doing anything out of partiality.

Hypocrisy

Even so, you also appear on the outside to be doing right in front of people, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and sin.

About this time, while a crowd of many thousands had assembled, [so large that] people were trampling on one another, Jesus first began telling His disciples, "Watch out for the leavening [effect] of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

[As] Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward Him, He said [this] about him, "Look, [there is] a true Israelite, a completely honest man!"

Let [your] love be sincere. Hate whatever is evil. Cling to whatever is good.

[Since] you have purified your souls by [your] obedience to the truth [i.e., the Gospel message], which produces a genuine love for your brothers, [now] you should have this kind of fervent, heartfelt love for one another.

Therefore, you should put out of your lives all malice [i.e., bad attitudes], and all deceit and hypocrisy, and all envy and unwholesome talk.

Little children [i.e., dear ones], we should not [merely] claim to love [people], or [even just] talk about it, but [we should love] by what we do [for them] in a genuine way.

General references

Look therefore [to see] whether or not the light that is in you [i.e., your perspective on things] might [actually] be darkness [i.e., a distorted perspective].

But this crowd, which does not know the law of Moses, [and especially its oral traditions], is cursed [by God]."

If it is at all possible, as far as your part is concerned, live peacefully with all people.

But if you [unlovingly] bite and eat one another [i.e., figuratively], be careful that you do not totally consume one another.

Eagerly try to maintain the unity produced by the Holy Spirit by being bound together in peace.

For the anger of people does not produce what God considers to be right.