New American Standard Bible 1995

James 4:1-10

1 1WhatG4159 is the sourceG4159 of quarrelsG4171 and 2conflictsG3163 amongG1722 you? 3Is not the sourceG1782 your pleasuresG2237 that wageG4754 4warG4754 in your membersG3196? 2You lustG1937 and do not haveG2192; so you 5commitG5407 murderG5407. You are enviousG2206 and cannotG1410 G3756 obtainG2013; so you fightG3164 and quarrelG4170. You do not haveG2192 becauseG1223 you do not askG154. 3You askG154 and 6do not receiveG2983, becauseG1360 you askG154 7with wrongG2560 motivesG2560, soG2443 that you may spendG1159 it 8on your pleasuresG2237. 4You 9adulteressesG3428, do you not knowG3609 that friendshipG5373 with 10the worldG2889 is 11hostilityG2189 toward GodG2316? 12ThereforeG3767 whoeverG3739 G1437 wishesG1014 to be a friendG5384 of the worldG2889 makesG2525 himself an enemyG2190 of GodG2316. 5OrG2228 do you thinkG1380 that the ScriptureG1124 13speaksG3004 to noG2761 purposeG2761: “14He 15jealouslyG5355 desiresG1971 16the SpiritG4151 whichG3739 He has madeG2733 to dwellG2733 in us”? 6But 17He givesG1325 a greaterG3173 graceG5485. ThereforeG1352 it saysG3004, “18GodG2316 is opposedG498 to the proudG5244, but givesG1325 graceG5485 to the humbleG5011.” 7 19SubmitG5293 thereforeG3767 to GodG2316. 20ResistG436 the devilG1228 and he will fleeG5343 from you. 8 21DrawG1448 nearG1448 to GodG2316 and He will drawG1448 nearG1448 to you. 22CleanseG2511 your handsG5495, you sinnersG268; and 23purifyG48 your heartsG2588, you 24double-mindedG1374. 9 25Be miserableG5003 and mournG3996 and weepG2799; let your laughterG1071 be turnedG3346 into mourningG3997 and your joyG5479 to gloomG2726. 10 26HumbleG5013 yourselves in the presenceG1799 of the LordG2962, and He will exaltG5312 you.

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Notes

1. James 4:1 Lit From where wars and from where fightings ↩
2. James 4:1 Titus 3:9 ↩
3. James 4:1 Lit Are they not from here, from your ↩
4. James 4:1 Rom 7:23 ↩
5. James 4:2 James 5:6; 1 John 3:15 ↩
6. James 4:3 1 John 3:22; 5:14 ↩
7. James 4:3 Lit wickedly ↩
8. James 4:3 Lit in ↩
9. James 4:4 Jer 2:2; Ezek 16:32 ↩
10. James 4:4 James 1:27 ↩
11. James 4:4 Rom 8:7; 1 John 2:15 ↩
12. James 4:4 Matt 6:24; John 15:19 ↩
13. James 4:5 Num 23:19 ↩
14. James 4:5 Or The spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy ↩
15. James 4:5 Lit desires to jealousy ↩
16. James 4:5 1 Cor 6:19; 2 Cor 6:16 ↩
17. James 4:6 Is 54:7f; Matt 13:12 ↩
18. James 4:6 Ps 138:6; Prov 3:34; Matt 23:12; 1 Pet 5:5 ↩
19. James 4:7 1 Pet 5:6 ↩
20. James 4:7 Eph 4:27; 6:11f; 1 Pet 5:8f ↩
21. James 4:8 2 Chr 15:2; Zech 1:3; Mal 3:7; Heb 7:19 ↩
22. James 4:8 Job 17:9; Is 1:16; 1 Tim 2:8 ↩
23. James 4:8 Jer 4:14; James 3:17; 1 Pet 1:22; 1 John 3:3 ↩
24. James 4:8 James 1:8 ↩
25. James 4:9 Neh 8:9; Prov 14:13; Luke 6:25 ↩
26. James 4:10 Job 5:11; Ezek 21:26; Luke 1:52; James 4:6 ↩

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