Text -- James 3:16-18 (NET)

3:16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice. 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical. 3:18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jam 3:17

¹ tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”

² tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”

³ tn Or “sincere.”

NET Notes: Jam 3:18

¹ tn Grk “the fruit of righteousness,” meaning righteous living as a fruit, as the thing produced.

² tn Grk “is sown.”

³ tn Or “for,” or possibly “by.”