James 4
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James 4
1¶ Where do the wars and disputes come from among you? Is it not from here, that is to say, of your lusts which fight in your members?
2Ye covet and have not; ye murder, and have envy and cannot obtain; ye fight and war and have not that which ye desire because ye ask not.
3Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your pleasures.
4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore that desires to be a friend of the world, makes himself the enemy of God.
5Do ye think that the scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us lusts to envy?
6But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.
7Submit yourselves, therefore, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9Be afflicted and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.
10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11¶ Murmur not against one another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a keeper of the law, but a judge.
12There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou to judge another?
13Come now, ye that say, Today and tomorrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year and buy and sell and get gain;
14and ye do not know what shall be tomorrow. For what is your life? Certainly it is a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
15Ye ought to say instead, If the Lord wills, and if we live, we shall do this or that.
16But now ye boast in your arrogance; all such glory is evil.
17Therefore sin is still in the one that knows to do good and does not do it.
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The Jubilee Bible 2000 (JUB) by Ransom Press International
Jacob 4
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1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? 2You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask. 3You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”? 6But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”#Proverbs 3:34 7Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
11Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” 14Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.” 16But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil. 17To him therefore who knows to do good and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.
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