James 4:4-10

4You unfaithful people! Don’t you know that love for this ⌞evil⌟ world is hatred toward God? Whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.

5Do you think this passage means nothing? It says, “The Spirit that lives in us wants us to be his own.”

6But God shows us even more kindness. Scripture says, “God opposes arrogant people, but he is kind to humble people.”

7So place yourselves under God’s authority. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you.

8Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters.

9Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into gloom.

10Humble yourselves in the Lord’s presence. Then he will give you a high position.