“ This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual,f devilish. ”
This wisdom descendeth not from above - Compare the notes at 1 Corinthians 3:3 . The wisdom here referred to is that carnal or worldly wisdom which produces strife and contention; that kind of k...
Who is enlightened among you, and a man of knowledge? Let him exhibit the fruits of it by a noble life, with the humility that true enlightenment brings. We must be careful to remember that meekness...
descendeth . is coming down. from above . Greek. anothen. See James 1:17 . Compare James 1:5 . earthly . Greek. epigeios. See 1 Corinthians 15:40 . sensual . Greek. psuchikos. See 1...
15 This wisdom descendeth not. As hypocrites with difficulty give way, he sharply checked their haughtiness, denying that to be true wisdom with which they were inflated, while they were extr...
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. This wisdom descendeth not from above - God is not the author of it, because it is bitter - not meek. See at the end of thi...
This wisdom descendeth not from above, &c.— "For, whatever pretences such a person may make, ( James 3:14 .) to a greater knowledge, or a sounder faith than others, this fierce zeal and love of...
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. This wisdom - in which ye "glory," as if "wise" ( James 3:13-14 ). Descendeth not from above - `is not one descen...
The Control of the Tongue 1, 2. Warning against undue eagerness to teach: cp. Matthew 12:37 ; Matthew 23:7 ; Romans 2:19-20 ; 1 Corinthians 12:28 ; 1 Corinthians 14:26-40 ; Ephesians 4:11 ....
This wisdom descendeth not from above.... — Better thus, This is not the wisdom coming down from above, but is earthly, natural, devilish. This — it were profanation to call it by the holy name o...
Chapter 16 THE WISDOM THAT IS FROM BELOW. James 3:13-16 THIS section, which again looks at first sight like an abrupt transition to another subject, is found, upon closer examination, to grow...
Seek Wisdom from Above James 3:13-18 The true wisdom is not the child of the intellect, but of the heart. It consists not only in what we know, but in what we are. It is in this sense that it i...
The writer now proceeded to show the effect of faith on speech. Beginning with the warning against every man setting up to teach, he proceeded to deal with the power of speech. He likened the tongue...
(15) This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. (16) For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. (17) But the wisdom that is from above is...
This wisdom descendeth not from above ,.... If it must be called wisdom, as it ought not; an envious, quarrelsome, and contentious spirit, does not deserve such a name; yet if any will call it so, o...
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. Ver. 15. Earthly, sensual ] Here is a true character of carnal wisdom; the world is a pearl in its eyes, it cannot see...
Who is a wise man , &c. People are naturally desirous of the reputation of possessing an understanding superior to that of others. Now, let us consider in what way the sense we have may be best...
Here we begin a fourth division of the book, which continues to the end of Ch.4; in which our walk is tested by the circumstances of the world. Certainly in the previous Chapter s there is emphasis a...
Properties of Wisdom. A. D. 61. 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you?...
This wisdom, which they pretended so much to, who so criticized on other men's actions, and inveighed against them, and which was accompanied with strife and envy. Descendeth not from above; i.e....
What Is Required Therefore Is Not Earthly Wisdom But Wisdom From Above ( James 3:13-18 ) Having warned against the unruly tongue, James now explains how men can ensure that their tongues are under...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 3:13 . Good conversation. —Or, his “good life”; “good conduct.” The usual New Testament idea of “conversation.” James 3:14 . Strife. —Prefer “rivalry.” J...
James 3:1 . Be not many masters: διδασκαλοι, teachers. In some assemblies they might all prophesy one by one, but no man should be too forward; he will never shine as a teacher, unless he be a t...
This wisdom descendeth not from above The wisdom that is from below There are two characteristics here specified which we shall find are given as the infallible signs of the heavenly wisdom; an...
EXPOSITION James 3:1-59 WARNING AGAINST OVER - READINESS TO TEACH , LEADING TO A DISCOURSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE . James 3:1 (...
Warning against strife:
1 Corinthians 1:19 ; 1 Corinthians 1:20 ; 1 Corinthians 1:27 ; 1 Corinthians 2:14 ; 1 Corinthians 2:6 ; 1 Corinthians 2:7 ; 1 Corinthians 3:19 ; 1 Corinthians 3:3 ; 1 John 3:8-10 ; 2 Corint...
This wisdom — Which is consistent with such zeal. Is earthly — Not heavenly; not from the Father of Lights. Animal — Not spiritual; not from the Spirit of God. Devilish — Not the gift of Christ, bu...