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

Without

James 2:4

Malachi 2:9

1 Timothy 5:21

Hypocrisy

General references

Bible References

Gentle

He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather [the] lambs in his arm, and he will carry [them] in his bosom; he will lead those who nurse.

Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, [it] does not boast, [it] does not become conceited,

Now I, Paul, appeal to you myself by the humility and gentleness of Christ, who {when I am present in person} [am] humble among you, but [when I] am absent am bold toward you--

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

(for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

{Although we could have insisted on our own importance} as apostles of Christ, yet we became infants in your midst, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

And the slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but be kind toward everyone, skillful in teaching, tolerant,

to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all courtesy to all people.

Without

have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

"And in turn I have made you despised and humbled before all the people, inasmuch as you [are] not keeping my way, but are {favoring your own instruction}."

I testify solemnly before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels that you observe these [things] without prejudice, doing nothing according to partiality.

Hypocrisy

For a fool speaks folly, and his {mind} does iniquity: to {behave wickedly}, and to speak error concerning Yahweh, to leave [the] throat of [the] hungry empty, and he deprives [the] thirsty [of] drink.

In the [same] way, on the outside you also appear righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

During {this time} [when] a crowd of many thousands had gathered together, so that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware for yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, "Look! {A true Israelite} in whom is no deceit!"

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what [is] evil; be attached to what [is] good,

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from the heart,

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

General references

You will not be partial to a powerless [person] in his legal dispute.

For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will say, "Peace [be] within you."

The words of the wise are heard in peace [more] than the shouting of a ruler [is heard] among the fools.

Therefore pay careful attention [that] the light in you is not darkness!

But this crowd who does not know the law is accursed!"

If [it is] possible on your [part], be at peace with all people.

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out [that] you are not consumed by one another.

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;

for human anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God.