James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
Treated in 5 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- 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 …
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Original, Nature, Property, and Use of the Law cites Jas. 3.17
…sdom 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…
- Watchman Nee ·
The Breaking of the Outer Man cites James 3:17
…e 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 persu…
- 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 cann…
- 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…