James 4
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James 4:4-6

4You 1adulteressesG3428, do you not knowG3609 that friendshipG5373 with 2the worldG2889 is 3hostilityG2189 toward GodG2316? 4ThereforeG3767 whoeverG3739G1437 wishesG1014 to be a friendG5384 of the worldG2889 makesG2525 himself an enemyG2190 of GodG2316.

5OrG2228 do you thinkG1380 that the ScriptureG1124 5speaksG3004 to noG2761 purposeG2761: “6He 7jealouslyG5355 desiresG1971 8the SpiritG4151 whichG3739 He has madeG2733 to dwellG2733 in us”?

6But 9He givesG1325 a greaterG3173 graceG5485. ThereforeG1352 it saysG3004, “10GodG2316 is opposedG498 to the proudG5244, but givesG1325 graceG5485 to the humbleG5011.”

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Notes

  1. 1. James 4:4 Jer 2:2; Ezek 16:32 ↩
  2. 2. James 4:4 James 1:27 ↩
  3. 3. James 4:4 Rom 8:7; 1 John 2:15 ↩
  4. 4. James 4:4 Matt 6:24; John 15:19 ↩
  5. 5. James 4:5 Num 23:19 ↩
  6. 6. James 4:5 Or The spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy ↩
  7. 7. James 4:5 Lit desires to jealousy ↩
  8. 8. James 4:5 1 Cor 6:19; 2 Cor 6:16 ↩
  9. 9. James 4:6 Is 54:7f; Matt 13:12 ↩
  10. 10. James 4:6 Ps 138:6; Prov 3:34; Matt 23:12; 1 Pet 5:5 ↩

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