James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is, first of all, pure. It also makes for peace; it is gentle and willing to yield; it is full of mercy and of good fruits; it plays no favorites, and it is free of pretense.
Treated in 7 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Breaking of the Outer Man cites James 3:17
…as “pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits” (James 3:17, ASV). “Easy to be entreated” is an excellent test of spiritual maturity. Can we be…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix a: Twenty-Five Core Teachings of Watchman Nee cites James 3:17
…to abuse. James says wisdom from above is “gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy” (James 3:17, ASV). A person who cannot be corrected may be gifted but remains hard. A leader who…
- Godliness ·
Love and Rebuke cites James 3:17
…peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.” James 3:17 Notice that it is first pure, then peaceable . I would rather live in continual conflict…
- The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth ·
Love and Rebuke cites JAMES 3:17
…be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. JAMES 3:17 Weighing it This is some of the most needed teaching in her books, and some of the most…
- The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter ·
Peace Among Christians cites JAMES 3:17
…be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. JAMES 3:17 Note the order. Pure first — peace is not bought by abandoning truth — and then…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Original, Nature, Property, and Use of the Law cites Jas. 3.17
…from above” (which is no other than this law, written in our heart) “is first pure” (Jas. 3.17;) agne, — chaste, spotless; eternally and essentially holy. And, consequently, when it is…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VIII. Truly gracious affections differ from those affections that are false and delusive, in that they tend to, and are attended with the lamblike, dovelike spirit and temper of Jesus Christ cites James 3:14-17
…themselves, and lie against the truth, in professing to be Christians, when they are not, James 3:14-17: “If ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not; and lie not against the…