“ And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. ”
And the fruit of righteousness - That which the righteousness here referred to produces, or that which is the effect of true religion. The meaning is, that righteousness or true religion produces...
(10) And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. (10) Because the world persuades itself that they are miserable who live peaceably and simply: on the contrary, the apos...
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...
righteousness . App-191. of . by, or for. No preposition. Dative case.
18 And the fruit of righteousness. This admits of two meanings, — that fruit is sown by the peaceable, which afterwards they gather, — or, that they themselves, though they meekly tolerate ma...
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. And the fruit of righteousness is sown - The whole is the principle of righteousness in the soul, and all the above virtues ar...
The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace— "The word σπειρεται, rendered is sown, imports, says Parkhurst, the labour, attention, or pains employed upon any thing, whence are produced fruits or...
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. 'The peaceable fruit of righteousness.' Righteousness is itself the true wisdom. As in the case of the earthly wisdom,...
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 ....
And the fruit of righteousness... — Better thus slightly altered: And fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by them that make peace. They “shall be called the children of God” ( Matthew 5:9 )....
Chapter 17 THE WISDOM THAT IS FROM ABOVE. James 3:17-18 AT the beginning of his Epistle St. James exhorts those of his readers who feel their lack of wisdom to pray for it. It is one of those...
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...
And the fruit of righteousness ,.... Which is either eternal life, which is the fruit of Christ's righteousness, and shall be enjoyed by all those who are justified by it; and who, in consequence of...
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. Ver. 18. Is sown in peace ] Only we must not think to sow and reap all in a day. By the fruit of righteousness may be mean...
And the fruit of righteousness , &c. The principle productive of this righteousness, is sown, like good seed, in the peace of a believer's mind, and brings forth a plentiful harvest of happiness...
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?...
And the fruit of righteousness; either the fruit we bring forth, which is righteousness itself, Luke 3:8,9 Ro 6:22 Philippians 1:11 ; or the fruit we reap, which is the reward of righteousness...
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...
righteousness ( See Scofield) - ( 1 John 3:7 ).
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...
The wisdom that is from above is first pure Characteristics of heavenly wisdom I. IT IS HALLOWED. On the spirit of the man who has it there has fallen a sacred hush, as on a temple which a god...
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:
Hebrews 12:11 ; Hosea 10:12 ; Isaiah 32:16 ; Isaiah 32:17 ; James 1:20 ; John 4:36 ; Matthew 5:9 ; Philippians 1:11 ; Proverbs 11:18 ; Proverbs 11:28 ; Proverbs 11:30
And the principle productive of this righteousness is sown, like good seed, in the peace of a believer's mind, and brings forth a plentiful harvest of happiness, (which is the proper fruit of right...