James 4
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James 4:5-12

5OrG2228 do you thinkG1380 that the ScriptureG1124 1saysG3004 toG2761 noG2761 purposeG2761, “2He 3jealouslyG5355 desiresG1971 4the SpiritG4151 whomG3739 He has madeG2733 toG2733 dwellG2733 in us”? 6But 5He givesG1325 a greaterG3173 graceG5485. ThereforeG1352 it saysG3004, “6GodG2316 is opposedG498 to the proudG5244, but givesG1325 graceG5485 to the humbleG5011.” 77SubmitG5293 thereforeG3767 to GodG2316. But 89resistG436 the devilG1228, and he will fleeG5343 from you. 810ComeG1448 closeG1448 to GodG2316 and He will comeG1448 closeG1448 to you. 11CleanseG2511 your handsG5495, you sinnersG268; and 12purifyG48 your heartsG2588, you 1314double-mindedG1374. 915Be miserableG5003, and mournG3996, and weepG2799; let your laughterG1071 be turnedG3346 into mourningG3997, and your joyG5479 into gloomG2726. 1016HumbleG5013 yourselves inG1799 theG1799 presenceG1799 ofG1799 the LordG2962, and He will exaltG5312 you.

1117Do not speakG2635 againstG2635 oneG240 anotherG240, 18brothersG80 and sisters. The one who speaksG2635 againstG2635 a brotherG80 or sister, orG2228 19judgesG2919 his brotherG80 or sister, speaksG2635 againstG2635 20the lawG3551 and judgesG2919 the lawG3551; but ifG1487 you judgeG2919 the lawG3551, you are not 21a doerG4163 of the lawG3551 but a judgeG2923 of it. 12There is only oneG1520 22LawgiverG3550 and JudgeG2923, the One who is 23ableG1410 to saveG4982 and to destroyG622; but 24whoG5101 are you, 25judgingG2919 your neighborG4139?

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Notes

  1. 1. James 4:5 Num 23:19 ↩
  2. 2. James 4:5 Or The spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy ↩
  3. 3. James 4:5 Lit desires to jealousy ↩
  4. 4. James 4:5 1 Cor 6:19; 2 Cor 6:16 ↩
  5. 5. James 4:6 Is 54:7f; Matt 13:12 ↩
  6. 6. James 4:6 Ps 138:6; Prov 3:34; Matt 23:12; 1 Pet 5:5 ↩
  7. 7. James 4:7 1 Pet 5:6 ↩
  8. 8. James 4:7 Or oppose ↩
  9. 9. James 4:7 Eph 4:27; 6:11f; 1 Pet 5:8f ↩
  10. 10. James 4:8 2 Chr 15:2; Zech 1:3; Mal 3:7; Heb 7:19 ↩
  11. 11. James 4:8 Job 17:9; Is 1:16; 1 Tim 2:8 ↩
  12. 12. James 4:8 Jer 4:14; James 3:17; 1 Pet 1:22; 1 John 3:3 ↩
  13. 13. James 4:8 I.e., chronic doubters ↩
  14. 14. James 4:8 James 1:8 ↩
  15. 15. James 4:9 Neh 8:9; Prov 14:13; Luke 6:25 ↩
  16. 16. James 4:10 Job 5:11; Ezek 21:26; Luke 1:52; James 4:6 ↩
  17. 17. James 4:11 2 Cor 12:20; James 5:9; 1 Pet 2:1 ↩
  18. 18. James 4:11 James 1:16; 5:7, 9, 10 ↩
  19. 19. James 4:11 Matt 7:1; Rom 14:4 ↩
  20. 20. James 4:11 James 2:8 ↩
  21. 21. James 4:11 James 1:22 ↩
  22. 22. James 4:12 Is 33:22; James 5:9 ↩
  23. 23. James 4:12 Matt 10:28 ↩
  24. 24. James 4:12 Rom 14:4 ↩
  25. 25. James 4:12 Lit the one judging ↩

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