¹⁷But the wisdom that comes from heaven^a is first of all pure; then peace-loving,^b considerate, submissive, full of mercy^c and good fruit, impartial and sincere.^d ¹⁸Peacemakers^e who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.^f

Submit Yourselves to God

4What causes fights and quarrels^g among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle^h within you? ²You desire but do not have, so you kill.ⁱ You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. ³When you ask, you do not receive,^j because you ask with wrong motives,^k that you may spend what you get on 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.

Cross references

zver 14; Gal 5:20, 21
a 1 Co 2:6; Jas 1:17
b Heb 12:11
c Lk 6:36
d Ro 12:9
e Mt 5:9; See Ro 14:19
f Pr 11:18; Isa 32:17; Hos 10:12; Php 1:11
g Tit 3:9
hSee Ro 7:23
i Mt 5:21, 22; Jas 5:6; 1 Jn 3:15
j Ps 18:41; See Mt 7:7
k Ps 66:18; 1 Jn 3:22; 5:14