James 3:13-18 ▼

13 Who [is] wise and intelligent among you? Let him show his works out of good behavior in meekness of wisdom,

14 yet, if you have bitter zeal, and rivalry in your heart, do not glory, nor lie against the truth;

15 this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,

16 for where zeal and rivalry [are], there is insurrection and every evil matter;

17 but the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, well-convinced, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical—

18 and the fruit of righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.