James 3:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Gentle

Without

James 2:4

Malachi 2:9

1 Timothy 5:21

Hypocrisy

General references

Bible References

Gentle

He protects His flock like a shepherd;
He gathers the lambs in His arms
and carries them in the fold of His garment.
He gently leads those that are nursing.

Love is patient, love is kind.
Love does not envy,
is not boastful, is not conceited,

Now I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the gentleness and graciousness of Christ—I who am humble among you in person but bold toward you when absent.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

for the fruit of the light results in all goodness, righteousness, and truth—

Although we could have been a burden as Christ’s apostles, instead we were gentle among you, as a nursing mother nurtures her own children.

The Lord’s slave must not quarrel, but must be gentle to everyone, able to teach, and patient,

to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness to all people.

Without

haven’t you discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people because you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in your instruction.”

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism.

Hypocrisy

For a fool speaks foolishness
and his mind plots iniquity.
He lives in a godless way
and speaks falsely about the Lord.
He leaves the hungry empty
and deprives the thirsty of drink.

In the same way, on the outside you seem righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

In these circumstances, a crowd of many thousands came together, so that they were trampling on one another. He began to say to His disciples first: “Be on your guard against the yeast

of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, “Here is a true Israelite; no deceit is in him.”

Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.

By obedience to the truth, having purified yourselves for sincere love of the brothers, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

Little children, we must not love with word or speech, but with truth and action.

General references

Do not show favoritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.

Because of my brothers and friends,
I will say, “Peace be with you.”

The calm words of the wise are heeded
more than the shouts of a ruler over fools.

Take care then, that the light in you is not darkness.

But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed!”

If possible, on your part, live at peace with everyone.

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

diligently keeping the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds us.

for man’s anger does not accomplish God’s righteousness.