PROVEN: The Letter of James

No. 16 | Discerning Who’s Wise

By Danny Capon, June 01, 2025

PROVEN: A Faith that's Practical, Prudent, and Patient

  1. Responding to Trials (James 1:2-15)
  2. Responding to the Word (James 1:16-27)
  3. Holding faith in Jesus Christ in a way that’s consistent with true faith (James 2:1-26)
  4. Showing true faith in Jesus Christ by demonstrating works (James3:1-18)
  • By taming the tongue (James 3:1-12)
  • By discerning who’s wise (James 3:13-18)

What is James talking about in the passage before us (James 3:13-18)?

Discerning Who’s Wise by asking yourself the question and looking at your life.

  1. “Who is wise and understanding among you?”
  1. “By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.”
  1. What wisdom is not like and what it does not produce
  1. What wisdom is like and what it does produce

Are you a wise person?

Are you pursuing becoming a wise person?