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Jam 3:14. Ζῆλον πικρὸν, bitter emulation) Emulation is not condemned, when exercised with kindness; nor anger, accompanied with kindness, and proceeding from faithfulness and love.-μὴ, do not) They boast and lie against the truth, who, when they have bitter emulation, still give out that they themselves have wisdom.-μὴ κατακαυχᾶσθε) The Alex. and others read μὴ καυχᾶσθε.[45] See App. Crit., Ed ii.
[45] Κατακαυχᾶσθε is the reading of BC. Καυχᾶσθε, of A.-E.