What is the fruit of righteousness? Name some kinds or types of peace. How can we have peace with God? How can we live in peace with others? How can we find internal peace? Did Jesus come to bring peace? Compare - Luke 2:8-14 and Matthew 10:34.
Verse James 3:18. _AND THE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SOWN_] The whole is the _principle_ of righteousness in the soul, and all the above virtues are the _fruits_ of that righteousness. _IS SOWN IN PE...
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 cert...
III. THE EVILS OF THE TONGUE CORRECTED CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The tongue and its work (James 3:1)_ 2. The wisdom which is earthly and the wisdom that is from above (James 3:13) James 3:1 The practical cha...
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 i...
The wisdom which comes from above is first pure, then peaceable, considerate, willing to yield, full of mercy and of good fruits, undivided in mind, without hypocrisy. For the seed which one day produ...
THE TEACHER'S PERIL (James 3:1) _ 3:1 My brothers, it is a mistake for many of you to become teachers, for you must be well aware that those of us who teach will receive a greater condemnation._ In...
RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191. OF. by, or for. No preposition. Dative case....
_And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace_ It is commonly said that "the fruit of righteousness" means "the fruit which is righteousness." The analogy of a like structure, however, in Luke 3:8...
ΚΑΡΠῸΣ ΔῈ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΎΝΗΣ κ.τ.λ. δικαιοσύνης gen. of apposition, the fruit which consists of righteousness. The connecting thought between this and the preceding paragraph centres in δικαιοσύνη, which is...
13–18. BUT BESIDES THE EFFECT AND DANGERS OF SPEECH, THE TOPIC OF TEACHING SUGGESTS ANOTHER POINT—THE POSSESSION AND USE OF WISDOM. HENCE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TRUE WISDOM AND THE FALSE WISDOM...
_CONCERN FOR TRUE WISDOM -- JAMES 3:13-18:_ If one is to be a teacher of God's word he must be a truly wise person. True wisdom is found only in those of Christ-like character. A correct, consistent,...
ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣΎΝΗ (G1343) праведность. _Gen._ здесь может быть определительным или аппозиции, указывая на плод праведности (Mayor). Некоторые рассматривают его как субъектный _gen._ или _gen._ источника, ука...
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 ef...
_THIRTEEN THREE-POINT SERMON STARTERS_ WISDOM DEMONSTRATED James 3:13 Introduction: We are here for the purpose of demonstrating wisdom and understanding in the ways of God. 1. How we show it. (By...
WISDOM FROM ABOVE _Text 3:17-18_ 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 h...
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, after...
VERSE 18. AND THE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SOWN IN PEACE. Those who possess the wisdom from above, as described in the last verse, will sow in the hearts of others the fruits of peace. They alone pr...
20 The case of Abraham is most helpful in further defining the distinct viewpoints of Paul and James. The former refers us to the fifteenth chapter of Genesis, the latter to the twenty-second. In the...
OF THEM THAT MAKE PEACE] better, 'by peacemakers.' The wise man is a peacemaker who sows good seed that in God's time will bear precious fruit. To sum up. The heavenly wisdom is, (1) chaste, pure (in...
THE CONTROL OF THE TONGUE 1, 2. Warning against undue eagerness to teach: cp. Matthew 12:37; Matthew 23:7; Romans 2:19; 1 Corinth
WHAT *FAITH SHOULD DO JAMES _IAN MACKERVOY_ The word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 3 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TEACHER 3:1-5A V1 My Christian brothers and sisters,...
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). Their...
CHAPTER 17 THE WISDOM THAT IS FROM ABOVE. James 3:17 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 good and...
James 3:1-18 form a self-contained section; the subject dealt with is the bridling of the tongue, see above James 1:19; James 1:26-27....
The keynote of this verse is _peace_, as contrasted with the jealousy, faction and confusion mentioned above; peace and righteousness belong together, they are the result of true wisdom, the wisdom th...
SEEK WISDOM FROM ABOVE James 3:13 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 is used in...
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 t...
THE FRUITS OF HEAVENLY WISDOM In contrast to the wisdom from the devil, James presents the wisdom from heaven. He begins his list of the fruits of heavenly wisdom with the word "pure." It might be des...
(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 apost...
But the true wisdom, which is from above,...is chaste, and pure, peaceable, modest, free from such divisions, tractable, easy to be persuaded [6] of the truths foretold in the Scriptures, &c. Now the...
REFLECTIONS Precious Lord Jesus! how sweetly doth this Chapter bring to my recollection thy tender, and endearing precept, to call no man master upon earth! for One is our Master, even Christ! Yes! tr...
(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 f...
To the reader who enters on the consideration of the epistle of James from the epistles of Paul, the change is great and sudden, and by no means least of all from the epistle to the Hebrews, which, in...
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 many thing...
In Chapter 3 the apostle recurs to the tongue, the most ready index to the heart, the proof whether the new man is inaction, whether nature and self-will are under restraint. But there is hardly anyth...
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 it...
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 meant t...
_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, (wh...
THE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS; that spirit which righteousness produces, leads peaceable men in a peaceable way to disseminate such views as tend to promote peace with God and peace with one another; thu...
AND THE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SOWN IN PEACE OF THEM THAT MAKE PEACE. The apostle now makes a direct application of the lessons contained in the first part of the chapter: Who is wise and intellige...
Warning against strife:...
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 al...
"And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace". "the seed whose fruit is righteousness" -the seed that produces righteousness. The fruit which consists of righteo...
13-18 These verses show the difference between men's pretending to be wise, and their being really so. He who thinks well, or he who talks well, is not wise in the sense of the Scripture, if he does...
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, viz. et...
James 3:18 Now G1161 fruit G2590 righteousness G1343 sown G4687 (G5743) in G1722 peace G1515 make G4160 ...
‘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, and the fruit of righteousness is so...
WHAT IS REQUIRED THEREFORE IS NOT EARTHLY WISDOM BUT WISDOM FROM ABOVE (JAMES 3:13) Having warned against the unruly tongue, James now explains how men can ensure that their tongues are under control...
James 3:18. AND THE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. This does not mean ‘the reward of righteousness,' nor ‘the fruit which springs from righteousness,' but ‘the fruit which consists in righteousness.' So in t...
IS SOWN IN PEACE (εν ειρηνη σπειρετα). Present passive indicative of σπειρω, to sow. The seed which bears the fruit is sown, but James catches up the metaphor of καρπος (fruit) from verse James 3:1...
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (1 John 3:7). _...
CONTENTS: Control of the tongue. CHARACTERS: God, James. CONCLUSION: The Christian who is not affected by the sins of the tongue but takes care to avoid them, has an undoubted sign of true grace. Th...
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 teac...
AND GOODNESS. Goodness = righteousness. The Greek-speaking Jews put great emphasis on the ethical side of religion, and were very proud of their relationship to God. GOODNESS is the goal here, and it...
_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 inha...
JAMES—NOTE ON JAMES 3:18 HARVEST OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. The righteous conduct that God will bless (see note on 1:20). ⇐
_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.” James 3:15....
EXPOSITION JAMES 3:1 WARNING AGAINST OVER-READINESS TO TEACH, LEADING TO A DISCOURSE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENT OF
Let's turn to James chapter three. James first of all warns against a desire to teach the Word of God that would stem or emanate just from your own desire to be in front of people or whatever. My bre...
Hebrews 12:11; Hosea 10:12; Isaiah 32:16; Isaiah 32:17; James 1:20;...
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 righteou...
Our apostle here concludes his discourse, by shewing the happiness of those who are possessed of that wisdom from above, which is PURE and PEACEABLE, &C. They sow. seed which will yield them present f...