James 3:11-18
DOTH A FOUNTAIN SEND FORTH
AT THE SAME PLACE
SWEET WATER AND BITTER?
CAN THE FIG TREE,
MY BRETHREN,
BEAR OLIVE BERRIES?
EITHER A VINE, FIGS?
SO CAN
NO FOUNTAIN
BOTH YIELD
SALT WATER AND FRESH.
WHO IS A WISE MAN
AND
ENDUED WITH KNOWLEDGE
AMOUNG YOU?
LET HIM SHEW
OF
A GOOD CONVERSATION
HIS WORKS WITH
MEEKNESS AND 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 INTREATED,
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.
LOVE
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