“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.”
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere — the portrait of heavenly wisdom (sophia anōthen) unfolds as a series of virtues culminating in completeness. The sequence begins with purity (hagnē), then moves through peace-loving (eirēnikē), gentle (epieikēs), open to reason (eupeithēs), and mercy-full (mestē eleous). The wisdom is impartial (adiakritos, literally 'unmixed' or not-prejudiced) and sincere (anypokritos, unhypocritical). This stands in stark contrast to the wisdom of 3:15-16.
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