James 4
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James 4:1-10

11WhatG4159 is the sourceG4159 of quarrelsG4171 and 2conflictsG3163 amongG1722 you? 3Is the sourceG1782 not your pleasuresG2237 that wageG4754 4warG4754 in 5your body’s partsG3196? 2You lustG1937 and do not haveG2192, so you 6commitG5407 murderG5407. And you areG2206 enviousG2206 and cannotG1410G3756 obtainG2013, so you fightG3164 and quarrelG4170. You do not haveG2192 becauseG1223 you do not askG154. 3You askG154 and 7do not receiveG2983, becauseG1360 you askG154 8with the wrongG2560 motivesG2560, soG2443 thatG2443 you may spendG1159 what you request 9on your pleasuresG2237. 4You 10adulteressesG3428, do you not knowG3609 that friendshipG5373 with 11the worldG2889 is 12hostilityG2189 toward GodG2316? 13ThereforeG3767 whoeverG3739G1437 wantsG1014 to be a friendG5384 of the worldG2889 makesG2525 himself an enemyG2190 of GodG2316. 5OrG2228 do you thinkG1380 that the ScriptureG1124 14saysG3004 toG2761 noG2761 purposeG2761, “15He 16jealouslyG5355 desiresG1971 17the SpiritG4151 whomG3739 He has madeG2733 toG2733 dwellG2733 in us”? 6But 18He givesG1325 a greaterG3173 graceG5485. ThereforeG1352 it saysG3004, “19GodG2316 is opposedG498 to the proudG5244, but givesG1325 graceG5485 to the humbleG5011.” 720SubmitG5293 thereforeG3767 to GodG2316. But 2122resistG436 the devilG1228, and he will fleeG5343 from you. 823ComeG1448 closeG1448 to GodG2316 and He will comeG1448 closeG1448 to you. 24CleanseG2511 your handsG5495, you sinnersG268; and 25purifyG48 your heartsG2588, you 2627double-mindedG1374. 928Be miserableG5003, and mournG3996, and weepG2799; let your laughterG1071 be turnedG3346 into mourningG3997, and your joyG5479 into gloomG2726. 1029HumbleG5013 yourselves inG1799 theG1799 presenceG1799 ofG1799 the LordG2962, and He will exaltG5312 you.

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Notes

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

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