James 4

1Whence comewarsG4171 and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, evenG2532 of your pleasures that warG4171 in your membersG3196? 2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covetG1937, and cannot obtain: ye fight and warG4170; ye have not, because ye askG154 not. 3Ye askG154, and receiveG2983 not, because ye askG154 amiss, that ye may spendG1159 it in your pleasures. 4Ye adulteressesG3428, know ye not that the friendship of the worldG2889 isG1510 enmity with GodG2316? Whosoever thereforeG3767 would beG1510 a friendG5384 of the worldG2889 maketh himself an enemyG2190 of GodG2316. 5Or thinkG1380 ye that the scriptureG1124 speaketh in vain? Doth the spiritG4151 which he made to dwellG2730 in us longG1971 unto envyingG5355? 6But he giveth more graceG5485. Wherefore the scripture saith, GodG2316 resisteth the proud, but giveth graceG5485 to the humbleG5011. 7Be subjectG5293 thereforeG3767 unto GodG2316; but resistG436 the devilG1228, and he will fleeG5343 from you. 8DrawG1448 nigh to GodG2316, and he will drawG1448 nigh to you. CleanseG2511 your handsG5495, ye sinnersG268; and purifyG48 your heartsG2588, ye doubleminded. 9Be afflicted, and mournG3996, and weepG2799: let your laughter be turned to mourningG3997, and your joyG5479 to heaviness. 10HumbleG5013 yourselvesG4771 in the sight of the LordG2962, and he shall exaltG5312 you.

11SpeakG2635 not oneG240 against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brotherG80, or judgeth his brotherG80, speaketh against the lawG3551, and judgeth the lawG3551: but if thou judgest the lawG3551, thou art not a doerG4163 of the lawG3551, but a judgeG2919. 12OneG1520 only isG1510 the lawgiver and judgeG2919, evenG2532 he who isG1510 ableG1410 to saveG4982 and to destroyG622: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?

13Come nowG3568, ye that sayG3004, To-day or to-morrow we will goG4198 into this cityG4172, and spend a yearG1763 there, and trade, and get gainG2770: 14whereas ye knowG1987 not what shall beG1510 on the morrow. What isG1510 your lifeG2222? For ye areG1510 a vaporG822 that appeareth for a littleG3641 time, and then vanisheth away. 15For that ye ought to sayG3004, If the LordG2962 will, we shall both liveG2198, and do this or that. 16But nowG1161 ye glory in your vauntings: all suchG5108 glorying isG1510 evilG4190. 17To him thereforeG3767 that knoweth to do goodG2570, and doeth it not, to him it isG1510 sinG266.