But ifyou havebitterjealousyand selfish ambitionin your heart,do not be arrogantand [so] lieagainstthe truth.
For wherejealousyand selfish ambitionexist, thereis disorderand everyevilthing.
Loveis patient,loveis kind[and] is not jealous;lovedoes not brag[and] is not arrogant,
Do nothingfrom selfishnessorempty conceit,but with humility of mindregardone anotheras more importantthan yourselves;
for you are stillfleshly.For sincethere is jealousyand strifeamongyou, are you not fleshly,and are you not walkinglikemere men?
Let us behaveproperlyas in the day,not in carousingand drunkenness,not in sexual promiscuityand sensuality,not in strifeand jealousy.
For I am afraidthat perhapswhen I comeI may findyou to be not whatI wishand may be foundby you to be not whatyou wish;that perhaps[there will be] strife,jealousy,angry tempers,disputes,slanders,gossip,arrogance,disturbances;
Some,to be sure,are preachingChristevenfrom envyand strife,but somealsofrom good will;
My brethren,ifanyamongyou straysfrom the truthand oneturns him back,
But the high priestroseup, alongwith allhis associates(that is the sectof the Sadducees),and they were filledwith jealousy.
For we alsooncewere foolishourselves,disobedient,deceived,enslavedto variouslustsand pleasures,spending our lifein maliceand envy,hateful,hatingone another.
he is conceited[and] understandsnothing;but he has a morbid interestin controversial questionsand disputes about words,out of whichariseenvy,strife,abusive language,evilsuspicions,
You have become arrogantand have not mournedinstead,sothat the one who had donethisdeedwould be removedfrom your midst.
but to thosewho are selfishly ambitiousand do not obeythe truth,but obeyunrighteousness,wrathand indignation.
Wrathis fierceand angeris a flood,But whocan standbeforejealousy?
A tranquilheartis lifeto the body,But passionis rottennessto the bones.
But Jehuwas not carefulto walkin the lawof the LORD,the Godof Israel,with allhis heart;he did not departfrom the sinsof Jeroboam,whichhe made Israelsin.
For thosewho are circumciseddo not evenkeepthe Lawthemselves,but they desireto have you circumcisedsothat they may boastin your flesh.
Let us not becomeboastful,challengingoneanother,envyingone another.
envying,drunkenness,carousing,and things likethese,of whichI forewarnyou, justas I have forewarnedyou, that thosewho practicesuch thingswill not inheritthe kingdomof God.
But ifyou biteand devouroneanother,take carethat you are not consumedby one another.
Your boastingis not good.Do you not knowthat a littleleavenleavensthe wholelump[of dough]?
But ifyou bear the name"Jew"and relyupon the Lawand boastin God,
being filledwith allunrighteousness,wickedness,greed,evil;fullof envy,murder,strife,deceit,malice;[they are] gossips,
"So then,I thoughtto myselfthat I hadto domany thingshostileto the nameof Jesusof Nazareth.
But when the Jewssawthe crowds,they were filledwith jealousyand [began] contradictingthe things spokenby Paul,and were blaspheming.
"They will makeyou outcasts from the synagogue,but an houris comingfor everyonewho killsyou to thinkthat he is offeringserviceto God.
For he knewthat becauseof envythey had handedHim over.
Whydo You makeme seeiniquity,And cause [me] to lookon wickedness?Yes, destructionand violenceare beforeme; Strifeexistsand contentionarises.
Then the jealousyof Ephraimwill depart,And those who harassJudahwill be cutoff;Ephraimwill not be jealousof Judah,And Judahwill not harassEphraim.
"For angerslaysthe foolishman,And jealousykillsthe simple.
He said,"Comewith me and seemy zealfor the LORD."So he made him ridein his chariot.
His brotherswere jealousof him, but his fatherkeptthe saying[in mind].
"The patriarchsbecame jealousof Josephand soldhim into Egypt.[Yet] Godwas with him,
idolatry,sorcery,enmities,strife,jealousy,outbursts of anger,disputes,dissensions,factions,
whodesiresallmento be savedand to cometo the knowledgeof the truth.
In the exercise of His willHe brought us forthby the wordof truth,sothat we would be a kindof first fruitsamong His creatures.
Onanknewthat the offspringwould not be his; so whenhe wentin to his brother'swife,he wastedhis seed on the groundin order not to giveoffspringto his brother.
