James 3:15

This wisdom descendeth not from above,.... If it must be called wisdom, as it ought not; an envious, quarrelsome, and contentious spirit, does not deserve such a name; yet if any will call it so, or…

This wisdom descendeth not from above - Compare the notes at 1Co 3:3. The wisdom here referred to is that carnal or worldly wisdom which produces strife and contention; that kind of knowledge which…

This wisdom descendeth not from above - God is not the author of it, because it is bitter - not meek. See at the end of this chapter.

Is earthly - Having this life only in view.

Sensual - Ψυχικη·…

As the sins before condemned arise from an affectation of being thought more wise than others, and being endued with more knowledge than they, so the apostle in these verses shows the difference…

This wisdom descendeth not from above St James returns to the thought of chap. Jas 1:5, that true wisdom was the gift of God, coming, like every other good and perfect gift, from above (ch. Jas 1:17).…