¹⁷But the wisdom ^afrom above is first ^bpure, then ^cpeaceable, ^dgentle, ¹reasonable, ^efull of mercy and good fruits, ^funwavering, without ^ghypocrisy.

¹⁸And the ¹^aseed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace ²by those who make peace.

Chapter 4

Things to Avoid

¹¹What is the source of quarrels and ^aconflicts among you? ²Is not the source your pleasures that wage ^bwar in your members?

²You lust and do not have; so you ^acommit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

³You ask and ^ado not receive, because you ask ¹with wrong motives, so that you may spend it ²on your pleasures.

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

1V 14, note
2I.e. in that place
1Or willing to yield
1Lit fruit of righteousness
2Or for
1Lit From where wars and from where fightings
2Lit Are they not from here, from your
1Lit wickedly
2Lit in

Cross references

a Rom 2:8; 2 Cor 12:20; James 3:14
a James 1:17
b 2 Cor 7:11; James 4:8
c Matt 5:9; Heb 12:11
d Titus 3:2
e Luke 6:36; James 2:13
f James 2:4
g Rom 12:9; 2 Cor 6:6
a Prov 11:18; Is 32:17; Hos 10:12; Amos 6:12; Gal 6:8; Phil 1:11
a Titus 3:9
b Rom 7:23
a James 5:6; 1 John 3:15
a 1 John 3:22; 5:14