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| James 4:1 | From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even from your lusts that war in your members? | Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members? | Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members? |
| James 4:2 | 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. | Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not. | You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. Yet you don't have, because you don't ask. |
| James 4:3 | Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. | Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures. | You ask, and don't receive, because you ask amiss, so that you may spend it for your pleasures. |
| James 4:4 | Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. | Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God. | You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
| James 4:5 | Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? | Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying? | Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"? |
| James 4:6 | But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. | But he giveth more grace. Wherefore [the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. | But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." |
| James 4:7 | Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. | Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. | Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. |
| James 4:8 | Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. | Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. | Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. |
| James 4:9 | Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. | Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. | Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. |
| James 4:10 | Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up. | Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you. | Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you. |
| James 4:11 | 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 judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. | Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. | Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and 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. |
| James 4:12 | There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? | One [only] is the lawgiver and judge, [even] he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor? | Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another? |
| James 4:13 | Come 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: | Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: | Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain." |
| James 4:14 | Whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow: For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. | whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. | Whereas you don't know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away. |
| James 4:15 | Instead of that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. | For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that. | For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that." |
| James 4:16 | But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. | But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil. | But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil. |
| James 4:17 | Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. | To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. | To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin. |
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