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Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
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Righteousness Needs Peace
Commentators use metaphors like farming and climate to explain this verse. Just as a farmer sows seeds in a calm field, not a battlefield, a 'harvest of righteousness' can only grow in an environment of peace. It cannot be produced through bitterness, strife, or self-seeking ambition. True wisdom from God cultivates righteousness through peaceful means.
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James
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the fruit of righteousness. This refers to what the righteousness mentioned here produces, or what is the effect of true religion. The…
Is sown in peace (εν ειρηνη σπειρετα). Present passive indicative of σπειρω, to sow. The seed which bears the fruit is sown, but J…
19th Century
Anglican
And the fruit of righteousness . . .—Better, slightly altered this way: And fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by them th…
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James concludes his discussion of “the wisdom that comes from heaven” by reiterating the second quality listed in v.17. To “raise a harvest of righ…
16th Century
Protestant
And the fruit of righteousness. This allows for two meanings—either that fruit is sown by the peaceable, which they afterwards gather, or …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the fruit of righteousness Which is either eternal life, which is the fruit of Christ's righteousness, and shall…
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