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James 3:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thise wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, γsensual, devilish.

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1 Cor. 3:3• ³for ye are yet carnal. For whereas there are among you emulation and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man? (1 Cor. 3:3)

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or, natural.

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wisdom.

James 3:17• ¹⁷But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned. (James 3:17)

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James 1:5,17• ⁵But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:
¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning. (James 1:5,17)

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John 3:17• ¹⁷For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him. (John 3:17)

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1 Cor. 3:3• ³for ye are yet carnal. For whereas there are among you emulation and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk according to man? (1 Cor. 3:3)

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Phil. 3:19• ¹⁹whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and their glory in their shame, who mind earthly things:) (Phil. 3:19)

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2 Sam. 13:3• ³And Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd man. (2 Sam. 13:3)

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2 Sam. 15:31• ³¹And one told David saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. Then said David, Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. (2 Sam. 15:31)

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2 Sam. 16:23• ²³And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. (2 Sam. 16:23)

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Jer. 4:22• ²²For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. (Jer. 4:22)

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Luke 16:8• ⁸And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light. (Luke 16:8)

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Rom. 1:22• ²²professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, (Rom. 1:22)

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1 Cor. 1:19‑20,27• ¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and set aside the understanding of the understanding ones.
²⁰Where is the wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
²⁷But God has chosen the foolish things of the world, that he may put to shame the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world, that he may put to shame the strong things; (1 Cor. 1:19‑20,27)

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1 Cor. 2:6‑7• ⁶But we speak wisdom among the perfect; but wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to nought.
⁷But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, that hidden wisdom which God had predetermined before the ages for our glory: (1 Cor. 2:6‑7)

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1 Cor. 3:19• ¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness. (1 Cor. 3:19)

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2 Cor. 1:12• ¹²For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)

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Jude 19• ¹⁹These are they who set themselves apart, natural men, not having the Spirit. (Jude 19)

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1 Cor. 2:14• ¹⁴But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned; (1 Cor. 2:14)

devilish.

Gen. 3:1‑5• ¹And the serpent was more crafty than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, Is it even so, that God has said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
²And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
³but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it, and ye shall not touch it, lest ye die.
⁴And the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly die;
⁵but God knows that in the day ye eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, knowing good and evil. (Gen. 3:1‑5)

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John 8:44• ⁴⁴Ye are of the devil, as your father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father: (John 8:44)

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Acts 13:10• ¹⁰said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease perverting the right paths of the Lord? (Acts 13:10)

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2 Cor. 11:3,13‑15• ³But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craft, so your thoughts should be corrupted from simplicity as to the Christ.
¹³For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
¹⁴And it is not wonderful, for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
¹⁵It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. (2 Cor. 11:3,13‑15)

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1 John 3:8‑10• ⁸He that practises sin is of the devil; for from the beginning the devil sins. To this end the Son of God has been manifested, that he might undo the works of the devil.
⁹Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God.
¹⁰In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, and he who does not love his brother. (1 John 3:8‑10)

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Jude 19• ¹⁹These are they who set themselves apart, natural men, not having the Spirit. (Jude 19)

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Rev. 9:11• ¹¹They have a king over them, the angel of the abyss: his name in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in Greek he has for name Apollyon. (Rev. 9:11)

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Rev. 12:9• ⁹And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, he who is called Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole habitable world, he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (Rev. 12:9)

• If we wish to find the two natures plainly distinguished we must thoughtfully read Rom. 7. The two natures lie at the root respectively of the two wisdoms. (“James 3” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish.

W. Kelly Translation

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15

This wisdoma is not descending from above, but earthly, natural, demoniacal.

WK Translation Notes

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The KJV of verse 15 appears to me quite as exact as the cumbrous rendering of the RV. See note to 1:17.