يعقوب 3:18

KJV

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

— يعقوب 3:18, King James Version
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يعقوب 3:18, King James Version.

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The conclusion of James's extended treatise on the tongue and wisdom — 'a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace' — presents peacemaking as the specific soil in which the fruit of righteousness can grow. The verse inverts the natural assumption that righteousness produces peace as its consequence; here, peace (the right relational posture) is the condition for righteousness to bear fruit. The beatitude 'blessed are the peacemakers' (Matthew 5:9) provides the dominical precedent for this elevation of active peacemaking as a defining mark of those who bear God's character. The contrast with the 'earthly, unspiritual, demonic' wisdom characterized by jealousy and selfish ambition (verses 14-16) establishes peace-making as the distinguishing mark of wisdom that comes from above (verse 17).

ترجمات أخرى

ASV

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.

YLT

and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.

BBE

And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.

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