 | Church of England articles - 1821 - 234 sider
...5. rn If ye have hitter envying in strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the trnth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly,...strife is. there is confusion and every evil work. James iii. 14 — 16. XXXVI. Of Consecration of Bishops ctv4 Ministers. THE * Book of Consecration... | |
 | William Gurnall - 1821 - 512 sider
...holy angels, yet this would make you look more like devils than them; he gives the reason, verse 16. " for where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work." Contention is the devil's forge, in which if he can but give a Christian a heat or two, he will not... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 sider
...are ye not carnal, and walk as men ? Jam. iii. 14 — 16. But if ye have bitter envying and strife iu your hearts, glory not> and lie not against the truth....strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. Prov. iii. 30. Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. Prov. xxv. 8. Go... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1822 - 362 sider
...sinneth from the beginning." James iii. 14, 15, 16. ^But if ye have bit{er envying and strife in yout hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth,...strife is, there is 'confusion, and every evil work." The scriptures which speak of the power of Christ to oppose and overcome this adversary, and the object... | |
 | Samuel Pelton - 1822 - 294 sider
...Peace is there manifesting his power ? For, irom this the word of the Lord says, But if ye have, Litter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not. and lie not against the truth This wisdom dcficendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there... | |
 | John Evans - 1822 - 350 sider
...of a good conversation his works, with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying (or zeal) and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom dcscendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, and devilish : for where envying and strife, is,... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1822 - 316 sider
...not against the " truth : " (as if the doctrine of Christ were to be blamed for such misconduct :) " this wisdom descendeth not from " above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish : for where envy" ins and strife are, there is confusion and every evil work. " But the wisdom that is from above,"... | |
 | 1822 - 746 sider
...the indulgence of a relentless spirit towards those with whom they are united by the closest ties. " Where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work." Whatever, therefore, has a tendency to destroy or counteract such sources of unhappiness and sin, ought... | |
 | Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 sider
...down, and without walls. Q. 132. I)oth not confusion proceed from envy and strife? James, iii. 16, Ji. Where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. Q. 133. Is it not an honour to cease from strife? Proverbs, xx. 3. A. It is an honour for a man to... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1823 - 514 sider
...? let him shew out of a good conversation " his works with meekness of wisdom ; " and adds, " fiut if ye have bitter envying and strife in your " hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth :" (as if the doctrine of Christ were to be blamed for such misconduct :) " this wisdom descendeth... | |
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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. . . . For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 
