A moment in scripture
James 3:17
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But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
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The surrounding passage
- James 3:15
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
- James 3:16
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
- James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.