Discovery BoxJames 3:16-18 
Context3:16 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, 1 full of mercy and good fruit, 2 impartial, and not hypocritical. 3 3:18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness 4 is planted 5 in peace among 6 those who make peace.
1 tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”
2 tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”
3 tn Or “sincere.”
4 tn Grk “the fruit of righteousness,” meaning righteous living as a fruit, as the thing produced.
5 tn Grk “is sown.”
6 tn Or “for,” or possibly “by.”
