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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 emulation and strife [are] among you, 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 is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, uncontentious, impartial. (James 3:17)

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James 1:5,17• ⁵If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all freely and reproacheth not; and it shall be given him.
¹⁷Every good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor shadow of turning. (James 1:5,17)

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

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1 Cor. 3:3• ³for ye are yet carnal. For whereas emulation and strife [are] among you, 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 they glory in their shame, who mind the things of earth. (Phil. 3:19)

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2 Sam. 13:3• (2 Sam. 13:3)

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2 Sam. 15:31• (2 Sam. 15:31)

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2 Sam. 16:23• (2 Sam. 16:23)

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Jer. 4:22• (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 age are in respect of their own generation more prudent than the sons of light. (Luke 16:8)

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Rom. 1:22• ²²Professing 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 put away the understanding of the understanding ones.
²⁰Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
²⁷But the foolish things of the world God chose that he might put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world God chose that he might 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 full-grown, but wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age that come to nought.
⁷But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden [wisdom] which God pre-determined 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 that taketh 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 holiness f and sincerity before God, not in carnal wisdom but in God's grace, we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)

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Jude 19• ¹⁹These are they that make separations, natural, not having [the] Spirit. (Jude 19)

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or, natural.

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

devilish.

Gen. 3:1‑5• (Gen. 3:1‑5)

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John 8:44• ⁴⁴Ye are of your father, the devil, and ye desire to practice the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him: whenever he speaketh the lie, he speaketh out of his own things, because he is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:44)

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Acts 13:10• ¹⁰said, O full of all guile and all trickery, devil's son, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the Lord's right ways? (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, your thoughts should be corrupted from the simplicity that is toward Christ.
¹³For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ:
¹⁴and no wonder, for Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light:
¹⁵[it is] no great thing then if his servants also transform themselves as servants 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 doeth sin is of the devil, for from [the] beginning the devil sinneth. To this end was manifested the Son of God that he might undo the works of the devil.
⁹Every one that hath been born of God doeth not sin, because his seed abideth in him; and he cannot sin, because he hath been begotten of God.
¹⁰Herein are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil: every one that doeth not righteousness is not of God, and he that loveth not his brother. (1 John 3:8‑10)

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Jude 19• ¹⁹These are they that make separations, natural, 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 {i}is{/i} Abaddon; and in the Greek he hath {i}the{/i} name Apollyon. (Rev. 9:11)

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Rev. 12:9• ⁹And the great dragon was cast {i}out{/i}, the ancient serpent, that is called {i}the{/i} Devil and Satan, that deceiveth the whole habitable {i}world{/i}: he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast 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.