James:4
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From where [
come ]
wars and disputes among you ?
Is it not from here ,
from your lusts ,
which war in your members ?
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You lust and you do not have .
You murder and are jealous and you cannot obtain .
You fight and make war .
You do not have because you do not ask .
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You ask and do not receive ,
because you ask with wrong motives ,
that you may spend [
it ]
in [
gratifying ]
your lusts .
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Adulterers and adulteresses !
Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God ?
Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world is constituted an enemy of God .
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Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain , "
The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously "?
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But He gives more grace .
Therefore He says : "
God resists the proud ,
but gives grace to the humble ."
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Therefore submit to God .
Resist the devil and he will flee from you .
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Draw near to God and He will draw near to you .
Cleanse [
your ]
hands , [
you ]
sinners ;
and purify [
your ]
hearts , [
you ]
double-minded .
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Lament and mourn and weep !
Let your laughter change into mourning and your joy into dejection .
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Be humbled before the Lord ,
and He will exalt you .
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Do not speak evil of one another ,
brothers .
He who speaks evil against a brother and judges his brother speaks against the law and judges the law .
And if you judge the law ,
you are not a doer of the law but a judge .
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There is one Lawgiver ,
who is able to save and to destroy .
But who are you who judges the other ?
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Come now ,
you who say , "
Today and tomorrow let us travel to this city ,
and let us spend a year there ,
and let us trade and make a profit "-
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you ]
who do not know [
what will ]
happen tomorrow .
For what is your life ?
For it will be a vapor that appears for a little [
time ],
but then also disappears .
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Instead you ought to say , "
If the Lord wills ,
we shall live and do this or that ."
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But now you boast in your arrogance .
All such boasting is evil .
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Therefore ,
to him who knows to do good and does not do [
it ],
to him it is sin .