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What causes wars ,
and what causes fightings among you ?
Is it not your passions that are at war in your members ?
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You desire and do not have ;
so you kill .
And you covet and cannot obtain ;
so you fight and wage war .
You do not have ,
because you do not ask .
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You ask and do not receive ,
because you ask wrongly ,
to spend it on your passions .
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Unfaithful creatures !
Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God ?
Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God .
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Or do you suppose it is in vain that the scripture says , "
He yearns jealously over the spirit which he has made to dwell in us "?
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But he gives more grace ;
therefore it says , "
God opposes the proud ,
but gives grace to the humble ."
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Submit yourselves therefore 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 men of double mind .
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Be wretched and mourn and weep .
Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to dejection .
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Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you .
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Do not speak evil against one another ,
brethren .
He that speaks evil against a brother or judges his brother ,
speaks evil against the law and judges the law .
But if you judge the law ,
you are not a doer of the law but a judge .
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There is one lawgiver and judge ,
he who is able to save and to destroy .
But who are you that you judge your neighbor ?