James 3:17

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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

Without

James 2:4

Malachi 2:9

1 Timothy 5:21

Hypocrisy

General references

Bible References

Gentle

Like a shepherd, his flock, will he tend, In his own arm, will he take up the lambs, And in his own bosom, will he carry them , - Them which are with young, will he lead to a place of rest.

Love, is patient, is gracious. Love, is not envious, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Moreover, I, Paul, myself, exhort you, through the meekness and considerateness of the Christ, - I who, to look upon, indeed, am lowly toward you, but, absent, am bold towards you; -

But, the fruit of the Spirit, is - love, joy, peace, long-suffering, graciousness, goodness, faithfulness,

For, the fruit of the light, is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth, -

But we became gentle in your midst, - as though, a nursing mother, had been cherishing her own children:

And, a servant of the Lord, ought not to strive, but to be, gentle, towards all, apt in teaching, ready to endure malice, -

To be defaming, no one, to be, averse to strife, considerate, shewing, all, meekness unto all men.

Without

Would ye not have been led to make distinctions among yourselves, and have become judges with wicked reasonings?

Therefore, I also, will suffer you to be despised and of no account unto all the people, - in proportion as none of you have been keeping my ways, but have had respect to persons, in giving your deliverance.

I adjure thee, before God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen messengers, that, these things, thou observe, apart from prejudgment, doing, nothing, by partiality.

Hypocrisy

For, a base man, with baseness, will speak, And, his heart, will practise iniquity, - Practising profanity, And speaking, against Yahweh that which misleadeth, Emptying the soul of the hungry, And the drink of the thirsty, he causeth to fail;

Thus, ye also, outside, indeed, appear to men, righteous, but, within, are full, of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

Amongst which things, when the ten thousands of the multitude were gathered together, so that they were treading one upon another, he began to be saying, unto his disciples, first - Be keeping yourselves free from the leaven of the Pharisees, the which is, hypocrisy.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and saith concerning him - See! Truly, an Israelite, in whom is no guile.

Your love, be without hypocrisy, - loathing that which is wicked, cleaving to that which is good;

Having purified, your souls, by the obedience of the truth, unto unfeigned brotherly affection, from the heart, love, one another, earnestly;

Putting away, therefore, all vice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envyings and all detractions,

Dear children! Let us not be loving in word, nor yet with the tongue, but in deed and truth.

General references

Even a poor man, shalt thou not prefer in his quarrel.

For the sake of my brethren and friends, Oh, might I speak saying , Peace be within thee!

The words of the wise, in quietness, are heard, - beyond the outcry of one who ruleth over dullards.

Be looking to it, therefore, lest, the light that is in thee, be, darkness.

But, this multitude, that take no note of the law, are, laid under a curse.

If possible - so far as dependeth on you, with all men being at peace:

If, however, one another, ye bite and devour, take heed lest, by one another, ye be consumed!

Giving diligence to keep - the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting-bond of peace, -

For, man's anger, worketh not, God's righteousness.