Suosittuja jakeita Raamatun kirjasta James 4

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Therefore, submit to God. But resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people!

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

But He gives greater grace. Therefore He says: God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

So it is a sin for the person who knows to do what is good and doesn’t do it.

You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.

Adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.

You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring — what your life will be! For you are like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.