James 3:14 Parallel Translations

But if you are bitterly jealous and filled with self-centered ambition, don't brag. Don't say that you are wise when it isn't true.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

ASV:

But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

BBE:

But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

DBY:

but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

ERV:

But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

WEY:

But if in your hearts you have bitter feelings of envy and rivalry, do not speak boastfully and falsely, in defiance of the truth.

WBS:

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

WEB:

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.

YLT:

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

James 3:14 Cross References

XREF:

Romans 2:8 but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.

2 Corinthians 12:20 For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

1 Timothy 2:4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

James 1:18 In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures.

James 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.

James 5:19 My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

3:14 Glory not. If there is bitterness in the heart, let there be no boasting of your goodness. That would be to lie against the truth.

WES:

3:14 If ye have bitter zeal - True Christian zeal is only the flame of love. Even in your hearts - Though it went no farther. Do not lie against the truth - As if such zeal could consist with heavenly wisdom.

MHC:

3:13-18 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 not live and act well. True wisdom may be know by the meekness of the spirit and temper. Those who live in malice, envy, and contention, live in confusion; and are liable to be provoked and hurried to any evil work. Such wisdom comes not down from above, but springs up from earthly principles, acts on earthly motives, and is intent on serving earthly purposes. Those who are lifted up with such wisdom, described by the apostle James, is near to the Christian love, described by the apostle Paul; and both are so described that every man may fully prove the reality of his attainments in them. It has no disguise or deceit. It cannot fall in with those managements the world counts wise, which are crafty and guileful; but it is sincere, and open, and steady, and uniform, and consistent with itself. May the purity, peace, gentleness, teachableness, and mercy shown in all our actions, and the fruits of righteousness abounding in our lives, prove that God has bestowed upon us this excellent gift.

CONC:

Ambition TRUE Arrogant Better Bitter Boast Boastfully Defiance Deny Desire Emulation Envy Envying Faction Falsely Feelings Glory Harbor Heart Hearts Jealousy Lie Pride Rivalry Selfish Speak Strife Talking Truth Zeal

Ambition Arrogant Better Bitter Boast Boastfully Defiance Deny Desire Emulation Envy Envying Falsely Feelings Glory Harbor Heart Hearts Jealousy Lie Others Pride Rivalry Selfish Speak Strife Talking True. Truth Zeal

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