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And you are<MG2206> envious<MG2206> and cannot<MG1410, 3756> obtain<MG2013>, <i>so</i> you fight<MG3164> and quarrel<MG4170>. You do not have<MG2192> because<MG1223> you do not ask<MG154>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You ask<MG154> and do not receive<MG2983>, because<MG1360> you ask<MG154> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>with the wrong<MG2560> motives<MG2560>, so<MG2443> that<MG2443> you may spend<MG1159> <i>what you request</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>on your pleasures<MG2237>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You adulteresses<MG3428>, do you not know<MG3609a> that friendship<MG5373> with the world<MG2889> is hostility<MG2189b> toward God<MG2316>? Therefore<MG3767> whoever<MG3739, 1437> wants<MG1014> to be a friend<MG5384> of the world<MG2889> makes<MG2525> himself an enemy<MG2190> of God<MG2316>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Or<MG2228> do you think<MG1380> that the Scripture<MG1124> says<MG3004> to<MG2761> no<MG2761> purpose<MG2761>, “<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>He <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>jealously<MG5355> desires<MG1971> the Spirit<MG4151> whom<MG3739> He has made<MG2733b> to<MG2733b> dwell<MG2733b> in us”? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But He gives<MG1325> a greater<MG3173> grace<MG5485>. Therefore<MG1352> <i>it</i> says<MG3004>, “GOD<MG2316> IS OPPOSED<MG498> TO THE PROUD<MG5244a>, BUT GIVES<MG1325> GRACE<MG5485> TO THE HUMBLE<MG5011>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Submit<MG5293> therefore<MG3767> to God<MG2316>. But <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>resist<MG436> the devil<MG1228>, and he will flee<MG5343> from you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Come<MG1448> close<MG1448> to God<MG2316> and He will come<MG1448> close<MG1448> to you. Cleanse<MG2511> <i>your</i> hands<MG5495>, you sinners<MG268>; and purify<MG48> <i>your</i> hearts<MG2588>, you <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>double-minded<MG1374>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Be miserable<MG5003>, and mourn<MG3996>, and weep<MG2799>; let your laughter<MG1071> be turned<MG3346b> into mourning<MG3997>, and your joy<MG5479> into gloom<MG2726>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Humble<MG5013> yourselves in<MG1799> the<MG1799> presence<MG1799> of<MG1799> the Lord<MG2962>, and He will exalt<MG5312> you. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Do not speak<MG2635> against<MG2635> one<MG240> another<MG240>, brothers<MG80> <i>and sisters.</i> The one who speaks<MG2635> against<MG2635> a brother<MG80> <i>or sister,</i> or<MG2228> judges<MG2919> his brother<MG80> <i>or sister,</i> speaks<MG2635> against<MG2635> the law<MG3551> and judges<MG2919> the law<MG3551>; but if<MG1487> you judge<MG2919> the law<MG3551>, you are not a doer<MG4163> of the law<MG3551> but a judge<MG2923> <i>of it.</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>There is <i>only</i> one<MG1520> Lawgiver<MG3550> and Judge<MG2923>, the One who is able<MG1410> to save<MG4982> and to destroy<MG622>; but who<MG5101> are you, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[j]</a></span>judging<MG2919> your neighbor<MG4139>? <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Come<MG33> now<MG3568>, you who say<MG3004>, “Today<MG4594> or<MG2228> tomorrow<MG839> we will go<MG4198> to such<MG3592> and such<MG3592> a city<MG4172>, and spend<MG4160> a year<MG1763> there<MG1563> and engage<MG1710> in<MG1710> business<MG1710> and make<MG2770> a<MG2770> profit<MG2770>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[k]</a></span>Yet<MG3748> you do not know<MG1987> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[l]</a></span>what<MG4169> your life<MG2222> will be like tomorrow<MG839>. For you are <i>just</i> a vapor<MG822> that appears<MG5316> for a little<MG3641> while<MG3641>, and then<MG1899> vanishes<MG853> away<MG853>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[m]</a></span>Instead<MG473>, <i>you ought</i> to say<MG3004>, “If<MG1437> the Lord<MG2962> wills<MG2309>, we will live<MG2198> and also<MG2532> do<MG4160> this<MG3778> or<MG2228> that.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But as it is, you boast<MG2744> in your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[n]</a></span>arrogance<MG212>; all<MG3956> such<MG5108> boasting<MG2746a> is evil<MG4190>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>So<MG3767> for one who knows<MG3609a> <i>the</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[o]</a></span>right<MG2570> thing<MG2570> to do<MG4160> and does<MG4160> not do<MG4160> it, for him it is sin<MG266>.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>From where wars and from where fightings</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit Are they <i>not from here,</i> from your<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>your parts</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>wrongly</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>in</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i>The spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>desires to jealousy</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>oppose</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> I.e., chronic doubters<br><span class="footnotesbot">[j]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>the one judging</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[k]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>Who do not</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[l]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>what</i> will happen <i>tomorrow. What kind of life is yours?</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[m]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>Instead of your saying</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[n]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>pretensions</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[o]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>good</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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