James 4:7-11

7So obey God's authority. Be strong against the Devil and he will run away from you.

8Come near to God and he will come near to you. Be clean in the way that you live. Stop doing wrong things. Make your minds clean. You cannot love sin and love God at the same time.

9Be sorry about your sins and weep. Stop laughing and instead be sad. Do not be happy but be very upset.

10Be humble in front of the Lord God. Then he will lift you up to a good place.

11My Christian friends, do not say bad things against each other. If you speak against another believer, you are really speaking against God's Law. If you judge another believer, then you are judging the law too. When you do that, you are not obeying the Law. You are giving yourself authority to decide what the Law says.