1 Whence [ come ] wars G4171 and whence fightings among you ? [ Is it ] not thence, — from your pleasures , which war G4171 in your members μέλεσιν melesin G3196 ? 2 Ye lust and have not : ye kill and are full of envy , and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war G4170 ; ye have not because ye ask αἰτεῖσθαι aiteisthai G154 not . 3 Ye ask αἰτεῖτε aiteite G154 and receive λαμβάνετε, lambanete G2983 not , because ye ask αἰτεῖσθε, aiteisthe G154 evilly, that ye may consume [ it ] in your pleasures . 5 Think δοκεῖτε dokeite G1380 ye that the scripture γραφὴ graphē G1124 speaks G3004 in vain? Does the Spirit πνεῦμα pneuma G4151 which has taken his abode in us desire enviously? 6 But he gives G1325 more grace χάριν· charin G5485 . Wherefore he says λέγει· legei G3004 , God θεὸς theos G2316 sets himself against [ the ] proud , but gives G1325 grace χάριν.¶ charin G5485 to [ the ] lowly . 7 Subject ὑποτάγητε hupotagēte G5293 yourselves G4771 therefore οὖν oun G3767 to God θεῷ. theō G2316 . Resist ἀντίστητε antistēte G436 the devil διαβόλῳ diabolō G1228 , and he will flee φεύξεται pheuxetai G5343 from you . 8 Draw ἐγγίσατε engisate G1448 near to God θεῷ theō G2316 , and he will draw ἐγγιεῖ engiei G1448 near to you . Cleanse καθαρίσατε katharisate G2511 [ your ] hands χεῖρας, cheiras G5495 , sinners ἁμαρτωλοί, hamartōloi G268 , and purify ἁγνίσατε hagnisate G48 [ your ] hearts καρδίας, kardias G2588 , ye double-minded . 9 Be wretched, and mourn πενθήσατε penthēsate G3996 , and weep κλαύσατε· klausate G2799 : let your laughter be turned to mourning πένθος penthos G3997 , and [ your ] joy χαρὰ chara G5479 to heaviness. Read all of James 4 ← James 3 James 5 → Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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