Verse 15. This wisdom descendeth not from above] God is not the author of it, because it is bitter-not meek. See at the end of this chapter. "James 3:18"
Is earthly] Having this life only in view.
Sensual] ψυχικη. Animal-having for its object the gratification of the passions and animal propensities.
Devilish] δαιμονιωδης. Demoniacal-inspired by demons, and maintained in the soul by their indwelling influence.
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 knowledg...
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...
Such wisdom is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but is earthly, characteristic of the natural man, inspired by the devil. For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and...
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...
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._ Se
_This wisdom descendeth not from above_ St James returns to the thought of chap. James 1:5, that true wisdom was the gift of God, coming, like every other good and perfect gift, from above (ch. James...
ΑὝΤΗ (ΣΟΦΊΑ), this false wisdom indicated above, the fanaticism of the zealot. ἘΠΊΓΕΙΟΣ. Comp. εἰ τὰ ἐπίγεια εἶπον ὑμῖν καὶ οὐ πιστεύετε, πῶς ἐὰν εἴπω ὑμῖν τὰ ἐπουράνια πιστεύσετε; John 3:12 : τὰ ἐπίγ...
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,...
ΣΟΦΊΑ (G4678) мудрость, ΆΝΩΘΕΝ (G509) свыше, ΚΑΤΕΡΧΌΜΕΝΗ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (adj.) от_ ΚΑΤΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2718) спускаться. ΈΠΊΓΚΙΟΣ (G1919) земной, на земле (Adamson), ΨΥΧΙΚΌΣ (G5591) естественны...
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 strife i...
THE SOURCE OF FACTION _Text 3:14-16_ James 3:14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. 15. This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down...
_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...
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. THIS WISDOM - in which ye "glory," as if "wise" (James 3:13). DESCENDETH NOT FROM ABOVE - `is not one descending,' etc.:...
VERSE 15. THIS WISDOM DESCENDETH NOT FROM ABOVE. The wisdom you boast of possessing while your heart is full of envy and a ready disposition to engage in strife, and your utterances show you possess...
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...
SENSUAL] better, 'carnal,' 'belonging to the natural man' (1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 15:44)....
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,...
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 of Σ...
CHAPTER 16 THE WISDOM THAT IS FROM BELOW. James 3:13 THIS section, which again looks at first sight like an abrupt transition to another subject, is found, upon closer examination, to grow quite nat...
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....
οὐκ ἔστιν αὕτη ἡ σοφία ἄνωθεν κατερχομένη : The wisdom referred to, acute argumentl subtle distinctions, clever controversia, methods which took small account of truth so long as a temporary point was...
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...
A WISDOM FROM THE DEVIL Some of those rushing to be teachers may have claimed great book knowledge. They may also have claimed to have wisdom, or the ability to apply knowledge. The test of that comes...
But if you have bitter zeal. He hints at that bitter, false zeal, which many teachers among the Jews, even after their conversion, were apt to retain against the converted Gentiles, pretending with li...
(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...
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 extremely mo...
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...
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, or c...
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 God...
_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 manif...
THIS WISDOM; that which is envious, quarrelsome, and leads to contention....
THIS WISDOM DESCENDETH NOT FROM ABOVE, BUT IS EARTHLY, SENSUAL, DEVILISH....
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...
What is the difference in earthly wisdom and heavenly wisdom? Why is earthly wisdom called sensual? What does James mean by calling this wisdom demonic?...
SENSUAL: Or, natural...
EARTHLY AND HEAVENLY WISDOM James 3:15 "This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic." "This wisdom" -That is the wisdom that some among James's readers were m...
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...
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. from...
James 3:15 This G3778 wisdom G4678 not G3756 descend G2076 (G5748) G2718 (G5740) above G509 but...
‘This wisdom is not a wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.' And the source of such wisdom is not the Father of lights (James 1:17) but earthly wisdom and even the Devi...
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 3:15. THIS WISDOM, that which gives rise to this false zeal and party-strife, DESCENDETH NOT FROM ABOVE, BUT IS EARTHLY, in contrast to ‘descendeth from above' belongs to the earth. There are no...
THIS WISDOM (αυτη η σοφια). All talk and disproved by the life, counterfeit wisdom, not real wisdom (James 1:5; James 3:17).COMING DOWN FROM ABOVE (κατερχομενη ανωθεν). As in James 1:5;...
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...
THIS KIND OF WISDOM. The kind that produces jealousy, bitterness, and selfishness. Heaven is not the source of such things! IT BELONGS TO THE WORLD. "This unholy method of trying to spread religion by...
_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; and t...
_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...
1 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 2:14;...
Wisdom [σ ο φ ι α]. See on sofov, ver. 13. From above. Compare ch. 1 17. Sensual [ψ υ χ ι κ η]. See on Jude 1:19. Devilish [δ α ι μ ο ν ι ω δ η ς]. Or demoniacal, according to the proper rendering o...
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, but s...