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1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
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2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
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3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
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4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
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6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
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7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
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9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
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12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
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13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
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14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
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15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
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16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
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17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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- 1 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?
- 2 You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.
- 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
- 4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
- 5 Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?
- 6 But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.”
- 7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
- 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- 9 Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.
- 10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
- 11 Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or 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 of it.
- 12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?
- 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.”
- 14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
- 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.”
- 16 But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
- 17 Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.
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