Discovery BoxJames 3:15-18 
Context3:15 Such 1 wisdom does not come 2 from above but is earthly, natural, 3 demonic. 3:16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice. 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, 4 full of mercy and good fruit, 5 impartial, and not hypocritical. 6 3:18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness 7 is planted 8 in peace among 9 those who make peace.
1 tn Grk “This.”
2 tn Grk “come down”; “descend.”
3 tn Grk “soulish,” which describes life apart from God, characteristic of earthly human life as opposed to what is spiritual. Cf. 1 Cor 2:14; 15:44-46; Jude 19.
4 tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”
5 tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”
6 tn Or “sincere.”
7 tn Grk “the fruit of righteousness,” meaning righteous living as a fruit, as the thing produced.
8 tn Grk “is sown.”
9 tn Or “for,” or possibly “by.”
