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

Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.

Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!) --

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

for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth --

although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children,

And the Lord's slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,

They must not slander anyone, but be peaceable, gentle, showing complete courtesy to all people.

Without

If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?

"Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your instruction."

Before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, I solemnly charge you to carry out these commands without prejudice or favoritism of any kind.

Hypocrisy

For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.

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

Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, "Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!"

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

So get rid of all evil 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

and you must not show partiality to a poor man in his lawsuit.

For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, "May there be peace in you!"

The words of the wise are heard in quiet, more than the shouting of a ruler is heard among fools.

Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!"

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.

However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.

making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

For human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.