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NASB					James 3:15 This³⁷⁷⁸ wisdom⁴⁶⁷⁸ is not that which comes²⁷¹⁸ down²⁷¹⁸ ^Afrom above⁵⁰⁹, but is ^Bearthly¹⁹¹⁹, ¹ ^Cnatural⁵⁵⁹¹, ^Ddemonic¹¹⁴¹.
AMPLIFIED 2015					James 3:15 This [superficial] wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly (secular), natural (unspiritual), even demonic.

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Or unspiritual

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James 1:17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

1 Cor 2:6 ¶ Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;

2 Cor 1:12 ¶ For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

2 Thess 2:9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

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509

anôthen; from 507; from above:--above(5), again(2), all over(1), beginning(1), long time(1), top(2).

1141

daimoniôdês; from 1140 and -ôdês (suff. denoting similarity); demon-like:--demonic(1).

1919

epigeios; from 1909 and 1093; of the earth:--earth(1), earthly(4), earthly things(2).

2718

katerchomai; from 2596 and 2064; to come down:--came down(6), comes down(1), down(1), landed(3), went down(4).

3778

houtos,
hautê,
touto; prob. from a redupl. of 3588, used as a demonstrative pron.; this:--afterward*(3), especially(1), fact(2), follow*(1), here*(1), hereafter*(1), man(1), now*(1), one(2), one whom(1), partly*(1), person(1), present(1), same(1), so(1), so then*(1), so*(1), some(2), such(2), therefore*(16), these(179), these...things(1), these men(10), these people(1), these things(192), this(737), this man(56), this man's(2), this one(4), this reason*(1), this thing(2), this way(1), this woman(4), this*(1), this...thing(1), those(2), those things(1), very(3), very thing(2), who(2), whom(1).

4678

sophia; from 4680; skill, wisdom:--cleverness(1), learning(1), wisdom(49).

5591

psuchikos; from 5590; natural, of the soul or mind:--natural(5), worldly-minded(1).

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