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James 3:16
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For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice.
For where enuying and strife is, there is confusion, and euery euill worke.
For 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 vile practice.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
Where jealousy and selfishness are, there will be confusion and every kind of evil.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
Whenever people are jealous or selfish, they cause trouble and do all sorts of cruel things.
For where there are jealousy and selfish ambition, there will be disharmony and every foul practice.
For where emulation and strife [are], there [is] disorder and every evil thing.
Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there will be confusion and every kind of evil.
For where enuying and strife is, there is sedition, and all maner of euill workes.
For wherever envy and strife are, there is confusion and every sort of evil.
Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.
For where there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice.
For where jealousy and contention are , there is confusion and every foul deed.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder [unrest, rebellion] and every evil thing and morally degrading practice.
For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.1 Corinthians 3:3; Galatians 5:20;">[xr]
For where there are envy and contention, there also are tumult and every thing that is evil.
For where envy and contention are, there also is confusion, and every thing wrong.
For where enuiyng and strife is, there is sedition & all maner of euyll workes.
For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
For where bitter zeal and strife is, there is unquietness and every evil work.
For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.
For where is enuye and strijf, there is vnstidfastnesse and al schrewid werk.
For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and every evil work.
For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.
For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.
Wherever you find jealousy and fighting, there will be trouble and every other kind of wrong-doing.
For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.
For, where jealousy and rivalry are, there, are anarchy and every ignoble deed.
For where envying and contention is: there is inconstancy and every evil work.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
For where envyinge and stryfe is there is stablenes and all maner of evyll workes.
for where zeal and rivalry [are], there is insurrection and every evil matter;
For where enuyenge and stryfe is, there is vnstablenes and all maner of euell workes.
where false zeal, and a spirit of contention reign, there confusion and every vice prevail.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
where: James 3:14, 1 Corinthians 3:3, Galatians 5:20
there: Genesis 11:9, *marg. Acts 19:29, 1 Corinthians 14:33
confusion: Gr. tumult, or, unquietness
every: 1 John 3:12
Reciprocal: Genesis 13:7 - a strife Genesis 38:9 - lest that Judges 9:49 - put them Judges 12:1 - we will burn Proverbs 29:22 - a furious Zechariah 11:14 - I cut Matthew 5:9 - are Matthew 13:27 - whence Mark 3:25 - General Romans 12:18 - General 1 Peter 2:1 - envies
Cross-References
A woman will cry out in pain as she gives birth, but her tears will turn to smiles once she brings new life into the world.
The wife gives her body to her husband, and the husband gives his body to his wife.
But listen to this so there's no confusion—when you ride out in your pasture, God is the Boss, Jesus follows him, man follows Jesus, and woman follows man.
Ladies shouldn't interrupt a church meeting with needless talking. If they have a question, they should ask their husbands at home.
Ladies, show respect for your husbands and submit to him out of your love for the Lord.
When everyone is complacent and content with the ways of this sorry world, the fires of the prescribed burn will be lit. And just like a pregnant woman can't stop the birth, neither will the scoffers be able to escape the fire.
But through her womb and all of her daughters, Jesus eventually came and so did the cure for what ails us. Every woman will share in the pain of childbearing, but through faith, love, and decency, she will also share in eternity with everyone else.
They should teach them how to be wise and live without a cause for blame. Other things they should teach them are to keep busy in their homes, do good things, and to trust their husbands and take care of them as the husbands are taking care of them. This is the way God wants it and it will keep them from any shame.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ver. 16 For where envying and strife is,.... Where these are cherished in the heart, and especially where they break out into action, in families, neighbourhoods, states, or churches:
there is confusion and every evil work; these occasion disturbances, raise uneasiness, make disquietude, and cause tumults whenever they appear; and put persons upon doing everything that is wicked, to gratify such insatiable lusts.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion - Margin, tumult or unquietness. Everything is unsettled and agitated. There is no mutual confidence; there is no union of plan and effort; there is no co-operation in promoting a common object; there is no stability in any plan; for a purpose, though for good, formed by one portion, is defeated by another.
And every evil work - Of the truth of this no one can have any doubt who has observed the effects in a family or neighborhood where a spirit of strife prevails. All love and harmony of course are banished; all happiness disappears; all prosperity is at an end. In place of the peaceful virtues which ought to prevail, there springs up every evil passion that tends to mar the peace of a community. Where this spirit prevails in a church, it is of course impossible to expect any progress in divine things; and in such a church any effort to do good is vain.
“The Spirit, like a peaceful dove,
Flies from the realms of noise and strife.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 16. For where envying and strife is] ζηλοςκαιεριθεια. Zeal-fiery, inflammatory passion, and contention-altercations about the different points of the law, of no use for edification, such as those mentioned, Titus 3:9. The Jews were the most intolerant of all mankind; it was a maxim with them to kill those who would not conform to their law; and their salvation they believed to be impossible. This has been the spirit of Popery, and of the Romish Church at large; in vain do they attempt to deny it; they have written it in characters of blood and fire even in this country, (England,) when they were possessed of political power. With them it is still an established maxim, that out of their Church there is no redemption; and fire and faggot have been in that Church legal means of conversion or extinction. In the short popish reign of Mary in this country, besides multitudes who suffered by fine, imprisonment, confiscation, c., two hundred and seventy-seven were burnt alive, among whom were one archbishop, four bishops, twenty-one clergymen, eight lay gentlemen, eighty-four tradesmen, one hundred husbandmen, fifty-five women, and four children! O earth! thou hast not drunk their blood but their ashes have been strewed on the face of the field.
