James, Chapter 4
1
From where [come] wars and from where [come] fightings among you⁺? Don't [they come] from here, [even] of your⁺ pleasures that war in your⁺ members?
2
You⁺ lust and don't have; so you⁺ kill. And you⁺ covet and cannot obtain; so you⁺ fight and war. You⁺ don't have, because you⁺ don't ask.
3
You⁺ ask, and don't receive, because you⁺ ask amiss, that you⁺ may spend [it] in your⁺ pleasures.
4
You⁺ adulteresses, don't you⁺ know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore would be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
5
Or do you⁺ think that in vain the Scripture says, The spirit which he made to dwell in us longingly desires to [the point of] envy?
6
But he gives more grace. Therefore [the Scripture] says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
7
Be subject therefore to God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you⁺.
8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you⁺. Cleanse your⁺ hands, you⁺ sinners; and purify your⁺ hearts, you⁺ double-minded.
9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your⁺ laughter be turned to mourning, and your⁺ joy to heaviness.
10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you⁺.
11
Don't speak one against another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12
There is [only] one lawgiver and judge, the one who is able to save and to destroy: but who are you that judge your fellow man?
13
Come now, you⁺ who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and will gain:
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whereas you⁺ don't know what will be on the next day. What is your⁺ life? For you⁺ are a vapor that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.
15
Instead you⁺ ought to say, If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.
16
But now you⁺ glory in your⁺ vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
17
To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.
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