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But the wisdomg that is from above is first pureh, then peaceablei, gentlek, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without θpartiality, and without hypocrisy.

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1 Cor. 2:6‑7• ⁶But we speak wisdom among the perfect; but wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to nought.
⁷But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, that hidden wisdom which God had predetermined before the ages for our glory: (1 Cor. 2:6‑7)

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Phil. 4:8• ⁸For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are noble, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are amiable, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue and if any praise, think on these things. (Phil. 4:8)

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Heb. 12:14• ¹⁴Pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord: (Heb. 12:14)

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Gal. 5:22• ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, (Gal. 5:22)

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or, wrangling.

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the wisdom.

James 3:15• ¹⁵This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish. (James 3:15)

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James 1:5,17• ⁵But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:
¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning. (James 1:5,17)

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Gen. 41:38‑39• ³⁸And Pharaoh said to his bondmen, Shall we find one as this, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
³⁹And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has made all this known to thee, there is none so discreet and wise as thou. (Gen. 41:38‑39)

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Ex. 36:2• ²And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every man that was wise-hearted, in whose heart God had put wisdom, every one whose heart moved him to come to the work to do it. (Ex. 36:2)

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1 Kings 3:9,12,28• ⁹Give therefore to thy servant an understanding heart, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge this thy numerous people?
¹²behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there hath been none like unto thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
²⁸And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice. (1 Kings 3:9,12,28)

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1 Chron. 22:12• ¹²Only, Jehovah give thee wisdom and understanding, and place thee over Israel, and to keep the law of Jehovah thy God. (1 Chron. 22:12)

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Job 28:12,23,28• ¹²But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding?
²³God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth its place:
²⁸And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. (Job 28:12,23,28)

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Prov. 2:6• ⁶For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding. (Prov. 2:6)

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Isa. 11:2‑3• ²and the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.
³And his delight will be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears; (Isa. 11:2‑3)

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Dan. 1:17• ¹⁷As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. (Dan. 1:17)

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Luke 21:15• ¹⁵for *I* will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist. (Luke 21:15)

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1 Cor. 2:6‑7• ⁶But we speak wisdom among the perfect; but wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to nought.
⁷But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, that hidden wisdom which God had predetermined before the ages for our glory: (1 Cor. 2:6‑7)

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1 Cor. 12:8• ⁸For to one, by the Spirit, is given the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; (1 Cor. 12:8)

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James 4:8• ⁸Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. (James 4:8)

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Mal. 3:3• ³And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he will purify the children of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah an oblation in righteousness. (Mal. 3:3)

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Matt. 5:8• ⁸Blessed the pure in heart, for *they* shall see God. (Matt. 5:8)

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Phil. 4:8• ⁸For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are noble, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are amiable, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue and if any praise, think on these things. (Phil. 4:8)

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Titus 1:15• ¹⁵All things are pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. (Titus 1:15)

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1 John 3:3• ³And every one that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as *he* is pure. (1 John 3:3)

peaceable.

1 Chron. 22:9• ⁹Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and in his days I will give peace and quietness unto Israel. (1 Chron. 22:9)

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1 Chron. 22• (1 Chron. 22)

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Isa. 2:4• ⁴And he shall judge among the nations, and shall reprove many peoples; and they shall forge their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. (Isa. 2:4)

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Isa. 9:6‑7• ⁶For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty *God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.
⁷Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this. (Isa. 9:6‑7)

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Isa. 11:2‑9• ²and the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.
³And his delight will be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears;
⁴but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
⁵And righteousness shall be the girdle of his reins, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.
⁶The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted beast together, and a little child shall lead them.
⁷And the cow and the she-bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
⁸And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the viper's den.
⁹They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea. (Isa. 11:2‑9)

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Isa. 32:15‑17• ¹⁵until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
¹⁶And judgment shall inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness dwell in the fruitful field.
¹⁷And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance for ever. (Isa. 32:15‑17)

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Rom. 12:18• ¹⁸if possible, as far as depends on you, living in peace with all men; (Rom. 12:18)

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Heb. 12:14• ¹⁴Pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord: (Heb. 12:14)

gentle.

Isa. 40:11• ¹¹He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck. (Isa. 40:11)

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1 Cor. 13:4‑7• ⁴Love has long patience, is kind; love is not emulous of others; love is not insolent and rash, is not puffed up,
⁵does not behave in an unseemly manner, does not seek what is its own, is not quickly provoked, does not impute evil,
⁶does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices with the truth,
⁷bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Cor. 13:4‑7)

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2 Cor. 10:1• ¹But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, when present am mean among you, but absent am bold towards you; (2 Cor. 10:1)

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Gal. 5:22‑23• ²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity,
²³meekness, self-control: against such things there is no law. (Gal. 5:22‑23)

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Eph. 5:9• ⁹(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,) (Eph. 5:9)

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1 Thess. 2:7• ⁷but have been gentle in the midst of you, as a nurse would cherish her own children. (1 Thess. 2:7)

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2 Tim. 2:24• ²⁴And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing; (2 Tim. 2:24)

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Titus 3:2• ²to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be mild, shewing all meekness towards all men. (Titus 3:2)

full.

John 1:14• ¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth; (John 1:14)

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Acts 9:36• ³⁶And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, which being interpreted means Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did. (Acts 9:36)

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Acts 11:24• ²⁴for he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith; and a large crowd of people were added to the Lord. (Acts 11:24)

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Rom. 15:14• ¹⁴But I am persuaded, my brethren, I myself also, concerning you, that yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. (Rom. 15:14)

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2 Cor. 9:10• ¹⁰Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: (2 Cor. 9:10)

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Phil. 1:11• ¹¹being complete as regards the fruit of righteousness, which is by Jesus Christ, to God's glory and praise. (Phil. 1:11)

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Col. 1:10• ¹⁰so as to walk worthily of the Lord unto all well-pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and growing by the true knowledge of God; (Col. 1:10)

without.

James 2:4• ⁴have ye not made a difference among yourselves, and become judges having evil thoughts? (James 2:4)

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Mal. 2:9• ⁹And I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have respect of persons in administering the law. (Mal. 2:9)

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1 Tim. 5:21• ²¹I testify before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that thou keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing by favour. (1 Tim. 5:21)

partiality.

or, wrangling.

hypocrisy.

Isa. 32:6• ⁶for the vile man will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. (Isa. 32:6)

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Matt. 23:28• ²⁸Thus also *ye*, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. (Matt. 23:28)

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Luke 12:1‑2• ¹In those times, the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
²but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known; (Luke 12:1‑2)

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John 1:47• ⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold one truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile. (John 1:47)

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Rom. 12:9• ⁹Let love be unfeigned; abhorring evil; cleaving to good: (Rom. 12:9)

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1 Peter 1:22• ²²Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently; (1 Peter 1:22)

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1 Peter 2:1• ¹Laying aside therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil speakings, (1 Peter 2:1)

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1 John 3:18• ¹⁸Children, let us not love with word, nor with tongue, but in deed and in truth. (1 John 3:18)

• Then, full of good works, acting by a principle which, as its origin and motives are from above, does good without partiality; that is to say, its action is not guided by the circumstances which influence the flesh and the passions of men. (“James 3” by J.N. Darby)

• It has been said, "He is just as pleased to be Head to the simplest believer as to the Apostle Paul. He was Head and wisdom to the apostle, but He is ready to be Head and wisdom to the most unintelligent Christian." (“The Evil of the Flesh: James 3-4” by H. Smith)

• If marked by wisdom from above, we shall bear the beautiful character of Christ. (“The Evil of the Flesh: James 3-4” by H. Smith)

• Seeking peace, we shall express ourselves with gentleness rather than in the violent manner of the flesh. Instead of the aggressiveness of the flesh that ever seeks to assert itself, we shall yield to others, with readiness to hear what they may have to say. (“The Evil of the Flesh: James 3-4” by H. Smith)

• Notice that purity comes first upon the list, before peace even. If we reflect we shall at once realize that this must be so, since all is of God. He never compromises with evil, and hence there can be no peace except in purity. Again and again this was the burden of the prophets. See for instance, Isa. 48:22; 57:21; Jer. 6:14; 8:11; Ezek. 13:10, 16. (“James 3” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioningf, unfeigned.

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Or "uncontentious," that is, in contrast with contentious pretension to wisdom. practical righteousness bears the fruit of peace for those who make peace.

W. Kelly Translation

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But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, uncontentious, impartiala.

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Or, "unfeigned." There is much difficulty in deciding the true force of adiakritos, whether it be without doubt, variance, or hypocrisy; as the verb of which it is compounded admits of a great variety of meaning.