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Therefore, whoever desires to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Or do you think that the scripture says in vain, "The spirit that dwells in us lusts with envy"? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But He gives greater grace. This is <i>the</i> reason it says, "God sets Himself against <i>the</i> proud, but He gives grace to <i>the</i> humble."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore, submit yourselves to God. Resist <i>the</i> devil, and he will flee from you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse <i>your</i> hands, you sinners, and purify <i>your</i> hearts, you double- minded! <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Be grieved and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into grieving, and your joy into mourning. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Brethren, do not talk against one another. The one who talks against a brother, and judges his brother, is speaking against <i>the</i> law, and is judging the law. But if you judge <i>the</i> law, you are not a doer of <i>the</i> law; rather, <i>you</i> are a judge. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But there is <i>only</i> one Lawgiver, Who has power to save and to destroy. Who are you that you presume to judge another?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now listen, those of you who say, "Today and tomorrow we will go into such a city, and we will spend a year, and we will conduct business and make a profit." <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You do not even know what <i>will happen</i> tomorrow! For what <i>is</i> your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little while, and then disappears. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Instead, you <i>ought</i> to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live, and we will do this or that." <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But now you boast in your own arrogance. All such boasting is evil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore, <i>if</i> anyone knows to do good and does not do <i>it</i>, to him it is sin.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="https://afaithfulversion.org/">A Faithful Version</a><br><br>Copyright © 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011<br>York Publishing Company<br>Post Office Box 1038<br>Hollister, California 95024-1038<br><br>All rights reserved.<br>All Scripture may be freely quoted except for brief excerpts for review purposes, no part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means--electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or information storage and retrieval systems, or use of hermeneutical conclusions of copyright owner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../james/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="James 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="James 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../james/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="James 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="James 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>