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James 4:1

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What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is the source not your pleasures that wage war in your body's parts?

Footnotes: (F1) - Lit From where wars and from where fightings; (F2) - Lit Are they not from here, from your; (F3) - Lit your parts;

Cross References: (C1) - Titus 3:9; (C2) - Romans 7:23;

James 4:2

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You lust and do not have, so you commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

Footnotes:

Cross References: (C1) - James 5:6; 1 John 3:15;

James 4:3

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You ask and do not receive, because you ask with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request on your pleasures.

Footnotes: (F1) - Lit wrongly; (F2) - Lit in;

Cross References: (C1) - 1 John 3:22;

James 4:4

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You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Footnotes:

Cross References: (C1) - Jeremiah 2:2; Ezekiel 16:32; (C2) - James 1:27; (C3) - Romans 8:7; 1 John 2:15; (C4) - Matthew 6:24; John 15:19;

James 4:5

Or do you think that the Scripture says to no purpose, "He jealously desires the Spirit whom He has made to dwell in us"?

Footnotes: (F1) - Or The spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy; (F2) - Lit desires to jealousy;

Cross References: (C1) - Numbers 23:19; (C2) - 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 6:16;

James 4:6

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, "GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE."

Footnotes:

Cross References: (C1) - Isaiah 54:7f; Matthew 13:12; (C2) - Psalms 138:6; Proverbs 3:34; Matthew 23:12; 1 Peter 5:5;

James 4:7

Submit therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Footnotes: (F1) - Or oppose;

Cross References: (C1) - 1 Peter 5:6; (C2) - Ephesians 4:27; 1 Peter 5:8f;

James 4:8

Come close to God and He will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Footnotes: (F1) - I.e., chronic doubters;

Cross References: (C1) - 2 Chronicles 15:2; Zechariah 1:3; Malachi 3:7; Hebrews 7:19; (C2) - Job 17:9; Isaiah 1:16; 1 Timothy 2:8; (C3) - Jeremiah 4:14; James 3:17; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 John 3:3; (C4) - James 1:8;

James 4:9

Be miserable, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.

Footnotes:

Cross References: (C1) - Nehemiah 8:9; Proverbs 14:13; Luke 6:25;

James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Footnotes:

Cross References: (C1) - Job 5:11; Ezekiel 21:26; Luke 1:52; James 4:6;

James 4:11

Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. The one who speaks against a brother or sister, or judges his brother or sister, 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 of it.

Footnotes:

Cross References: (C1) - 2 Corinthians 12:20; James 5:9; 1 Peter 2:1; (C2) - James 1:16; (C3) - Matthew 7:1; Romans 14:4; (C4) - James 2:8; (C5) - James 1:22;

James 4:12

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you, judging your neighbor?

Footnotes: (F1) - Lit the one judging;

Cross References: (C1) - Isaiah 33:22; James 5:9; (C2) - Matthew 10:28; (C3) - Romans 14:4;

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit."

Footnotes:

Cross References: (C1) - James 5:1; (C2) - Proverbs 27:1; Luke 12:18;

James 4:14

Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away.

Footnotes: (F1) - Lit Who do not; (F2) - Or what will happen tomorrow. What kind of life is yours?;

Cross References: (C1) - Job 7:7; Psalms 39:5;

James 4:15

Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that."

Footnotes: (F1) - Lit Instead of your saying;

Cross References: (C1) - Acts 18:21;

James 4:16

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

Footnotes: (F1) - Or pretensions;

Cross References: (C1) - 1 Corinthians 5:6;

James 4:17

So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.

Footnotes: (F1) - Or good;

Cross References: (C1) - Luke 12:47; John 9:41; 2 Peter 2:21;

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