because he is double-minded and undecided in all that he does [i.e., he cannot make up his mind and follow through about anything].

No one should say when he is tempted, "God is tempting me," because God cannot be tempted by evil and He does not tempt anyone.

It was God's purpose to bring us into being [spiritually] by the message of truth, so that we could become a kind of "firstfruits" of those He created. [Note: "Firstfruits" here suggests either that Christians are the best of all of God's creatures (Num. 18:12), or that they were the first to be converted, with many more to come].

This "wisdom" is not the kind that comes from [God] above, but is earthly, unspiritual and demonic [i.e., it is motivated by an evil spirit and not the Holy Spirit].

For when jealousy and rivalry exist, there is [also] disorder and every [kind of] evil practice.