“But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. James 3 contains 18 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.