But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
La sagesse d'en haut est premièrement pure, ensuite pacifique, modérée, conciliante, pleine de miséricorde et de bons fruits, exempte de duplicité, d'hypocrisie.
KJV
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
, "The wise man sets things in order," as the Philosopher states (Metaph. i, 2): and it is written ( James 3:17 ) that the wise man "judges without dissimulation [*Vulg.: 'The wisdom that is from above . . . is . . . without judging, without dissimulation']". Now it is not for al…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
espect of the love of charity rather than in respect of peace. Objection 3: Further, it is written ( James 3:17 ): "The wisdom, that is from above, first indeed is chaste, then peaceable, modest, easy to be persuaded, consenting to the good, full of mercy and good fruits, judging…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 101 (Migne)
um est sapientia, primum quidem pudica est, deinde pacifica, modesta, suasibilis, bonis consentiens (Jac. III, 14-17) . Videtisne quod vestra sapientia non est pacifica, non est suasibilis, non bonis consentiens. Et ideo omnino intelligite eam a Deo non esse datam, sed quadam ast…
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