"Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace."
James 3:13-18
This is some great advice, to show our wisdom in conversation and works, with meekness and wisdom. :) Envy and strife poison us.
God points out the qualities of what we are looking for: pure, peaceable, gentle, etc., and all of these things lead to peace. It's a good heads-up that if our actions are leading us elsewhere (strife rather than peace for instance), we're probably not going in the right direction.
Today, let's work on moving towards peace, and letting go of the things that are leading us elsewhere. :)
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace."
James 3:13-18
This is some great advice, to show our wisdom in conversation and works, with meekness and wisdom. :) Envy and strife poison us.
God points out the qualities of what we are looking for: pure, peaceable, gentle, etc., and all of these things lead to peace. It's a good heads-up that if our actions are leading us elsewhere (strife rather than peace for instance), we're probably not going in the right direction.
Today, let's work on moving towards peace, and letting go of the things that are leading us elsewhere. :)
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