But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. Sunday Thoughts; Or, Great Truths in Plain Words - Page 89by Hannah Ransome Geldart - 1859 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
| Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...Paul, and who is Apollos, but Minifters, by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every Man ? c If ye have bitter Envying and Strife in your Hearts, glory not : For this Wifdom defcendeth not from above, but is earthly, fenfual, devili(h: But the Wifdom that... | |
| Peter Brett - English literature - 1748 - 260 pages
...Knowledge among!) you ? Let him Ihew out of a good Converfation bis Works wish Meeknefs of Wiidom. But if ye have bitter Envying and Strife in your Hearts, glory not, and lye not againft the Truth. For where Envying and Strife is, there is Confufion, and every evil Work.... | |
| 310 pages
...tide* with those who strive — and so the strife ipreadt to them, amd "thereby many are defiled." " Where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work." (James.) " If ye bite and devour one another, take heed that y« be not consumed one of another." (Gal. v.)... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 418 pages
...been a great promoter of vice, verifying that sentence given by St. James, and mentioned before, " Where envying and strife is, " there is confusion, and every evil work." This was the fatal stop to the Grecians, in their progress both of arts and arms; their wise men were... | |
| William Jones - Theology - 1801 - 354 pages
...disobedience which arises from civil dissention is a mother sin, which brings forth a brood of vipers. Where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. And that this shall prevail more and more, and rise to a tremendous height in the last times, so as... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 416 pages
...been a great promoter of vice, verifying that sentence given by St. James, and mentioned before, " Where envying and strife is, " there is confusion, and every evil work." This was the fatal stop to the Grecians, in their progress both of arts and arms; their wise men were... | |
| 1802 - 374 pages
...knowledge among you ? let him shew, out of a good conversation, his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth .iot from above, but is earthly, 4 Behold also the ships, which sensual,... | |
| 1804 - 438 pages
...knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation hij works with meekness of wisdom. 1 4 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...knowledge among you ? let him shew, out of a good conversation, his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 1C For where envying and... | |
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