Even when they are old,\par they will continue producing fruit\par like young, healthy trees.\par
James 3:18 - Easy To Read Version People who work for peace in a peaceful way get the good things that come from right living. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the harvest of righteousness (of conformity to God's will in thought and deed) is [the fruit of the seed] sown in peace by those who work for and make peace [in themselves and in others, that peace which means concord, agreement, and harmony between individuals, with undisturbedness, in a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts]. American Standard Version (1901) And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace. Common English Bible Those who make peace sow the seeds of justice by their peaceful acts. Catholic Public Domain Version And so the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those who make peace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace. |
Even when they are old,\par they will continue producing fruit\par like young, healthy trees.\par
An evil man cheats people and takes their money. But a person that is fair and does right will get the real reward.
The person who trusts in his riches will fall like a dead leaf. But the good person will grow like a new green leaf.
The things a good man does are like the Tree of Life. {\cf2\super [14]} A wise man gives new life to people. {\cf2\super [15]}
If you plant goodness, you will harvest true love. Plow your ground, and you will harvest with the Lord. He will come, and he will make goodness fall on you like rain!
Do horses run over loose rocks? No!\par and people don’t use cows for plowing.\par But you turn everything upside down.\par You changed goodness to poison.\par You changed fairness to bitter poison.\par
What great blessings there are for the people that work to bring peace!\par God will call them his sons and daughters.\par
Even now, the person that harvests the crop is being paid. He is gathering crops for eternal life. So now the person that plants can be happy together with the person that harvests.
If a person plants (lives) to satisfy his sinful self, then his sinful self will bring him eternal death. But if a person plants to please the Spirit, {\cf2\super [76]} he will get eternal life from the Spirit.
that you will do many good things\par with the help of Christ\par to bring glory and praise to God.\par
We don’t enjoy punishment when we get it. Being punished is painful. But later, after we have learned from being punished, we have peace, because we start living right.