Mazmur 85:13

85:13 Deliverance goes ¹  before him,

and prepares ²  a pathway for him. ³ 

Yohanes 3:27

3:27 John replied, ⁴  “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

Yakobus 3:15

3:15 Such ⁵  wisdom does not come ⁶  from above but is earthly, natural, ⁷  demonic.

Yakobus 3:17

3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, ⁸  full of mercy and good fruit, ⁹  impartial, and not hypocritical. ¹⁰ 

[85:13]  ¹ tn Or “will go.”

[85:13]  ² tn Or “will prepare.”

[85:13]  ³ tn Heb “and it prepares for a way his footsteps.” Some suggest emending וְיָשֵׂם (vÿyasem, “and prepares”) to וְשָׁלוֹם (vÿshalom, “and peace”) since “deliverance” and “peace” are closely related earlier in v. 13. This could be translated, “and peace [goes ahead, making] a pathway for his footsteps” (cf. NEB).

[3:27]  ⁴ tn Grk “answered and said.”

[3:15]  ⁵ tn Grk “This.”

[3:15]  ⁶ tn Grk “come down”; “descend.”

[3:15]  ⁷ tn Grk “soulish,” which describes life apart from God, characteristic of earthly human life as opposed to what is spiritual. Cf. 1 Cor 2:14; 15:44-46; Jude 19.

[3:17]  ⁸ tn Or “willing to yield,” “open to persuasion.”

[3:17]  ⁹ tn Grk “fruits.” The plural Greek term καρπούς has been translated with the collective singular “fruit.”

[3:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or “sincere.”