James 3:14
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But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
In other translations
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
Greek words
εἰeiIfG1487δὲdehoweverG1161ζῆλονzēlonjealousyG2205πικρὸνpikronbitterG4089ἔχετεecheteyou haveG2192καὶkaiandG2532ἐριθείανeritheianself-interestG2052ἐνeninG1722τῇtēatheG3588καρδίᾳkardiaheartG2588ὑμῶν,humōnof you,G4771μὴmēnotG3361κατακαυχᾶσθεkatakauchasthedo boast [of it]G2620καὶkaiandG2532ψεύδεσθεpseudesthedo lieG5574κατὰkataagainstG2596τῆςtēstheG3588ἀληθείας.alētheiastruth.G225
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Related verses
- James 3:16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
- Philippians 2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
- Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
- 1 Peter 2:1-21 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:1 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
- Philippians 1:15Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.
- Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- James 5:19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
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