James 3:16
14 But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
15 Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
18 Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
- KJV
- For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
- WEB
- For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
- ASV
- For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
- DARBY
- For where emulation and strife [are], there [is] disorder and every evil thing.
- BLB
- For where jealousy and self-interest [are], there [are] disorder and every evil thing.
- ÅB
- for hvor der er avind og trettesyke, der er urede og alt det som ondt er.
- OTB
- For der misunnelse og egoistisk ambisjon finnes, er det uorden og all slags ond praksis.
- B1930
- for hvor der er avind og trettesyke, der er urede og alt det som ondt er.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 3:14
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:3
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
Read in context1 Corinthians 14:33
For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
Read in context1 John 3:12
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
Read in contextGalatians 5:20
idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
Read in contextGenesis 11:9
That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
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