¹⁶For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil. ¹⁷But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy. ^z¹⁸And the fruit of righteousness ^ais sown in peace by those who cultivate peace.

Proud or Humble

4What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings ^bthat are at war within you? ^c²You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask. ³You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires. ^d

Read in Logos

James 3:17: But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

Footnotes

c4:1 war in your members

Cross references

z3:17 Lk 6:36; Rm 12:9; 1Co 2:6; Heb 12:11; Jms 2:4
a3:18 Pr 11:18; Is 32:17; Hs 10:12; Am 6:12; Gl 6:8; Php 1:11
b4:1 Rm 7:23; Ti 3:9
d4:3 Ps 18:41; 1Jn 3:22; 5:14