James 3:16

confusion. commotion, or unrest. Greek. akatastasia. See Luke 21:9. Compare James 3:8.

evil. Greek. phaulos. See John 3:20.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning against strife:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 14:33 ; 1 Corinthians 3:3 ; 1 John 3:12 ; Acts 19:29 ; Galatians 5:20 ; Genesis 11:9 ; James 3:14

¹⁶ For where envying and strife is, there is confusiong and every evil work.

Related Commentaries of James 3:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 3:16