Wisdom from Above: the call & response list from Sunday

Trying to remember those words you repeated aloud on Sunday?

• pure
• peace-loving
• considerate
• open to reason
• straightforward and sincere
• rich in mercy
• kind in deed

The list, in greater context, is taken from the New English Bible (Oxford U Press 1970) which was one of the first 'modern" translations.

James 3:13 - 18
Who among you is wise or clever? Let his right conduct give practical proof of it, with the modesty that comes of wisdom. But if you are harbouring bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, consider whether your claims are not false, and a defiance of the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes from above; it is earth-bound, sensual, demonic. For with jealousy and ambition come disorder and evil of every kind.

But wisdom from above is in the first place pure; and then peace-loving, considerate, and open to reason; it is straightforward and sincere, rich in mercy and in the kindly deeds that are its fruit. True justice is the harvest reaped by peacemakers from seeds sown in a spirit of peace.