James 4 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Draw Near to God

[fn]What^G4159 is the source^G4159 of quarrels^G4171 and conflicts^G3163 among^G1722 you? [fn]Is not the source^G1782 your pleasures^G2237 that wage^G4754 war^G4754 in your members^G3196?

Jas 4:2

Jas 4:2You lust and do not have, so you murder. You are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

Jas 4:3

Jas 4:3You ask and do not receive, because you ask [fn]with wrong motives, so that you may spend it [fn]on your pleasures.

Jas 4:4

Jas 4:4You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity toward God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world sets himself as an enemy of God.

Jas 4:5

Jas 4:5Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “[fn]He [fn]jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?

Jas 4:6

Jas 4:6But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.”

Jas 4:7

Jas 4:7Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Jas 4:8

Jas 4:8Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Jas 4:9

Jas 4:9Be miserable and mourn and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.

Jas 4:10

Jas 4:10Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Jas 4:11

Do not slander^G2635 one^G240 another^G240, brothers^G80. He who slanders a brother^G80 or^G2228 judges^G2919 his brother^G80, slanders^G2635 the law^G3551 and judges^G2919 the law^G3551; but if^G1487 you judge^G2919 the law^G3551, you are not a doer^G4163 of the law^G3551 but a judge^G2923 of it.

Jas 4:12

Jas 4:12There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you who judge your neighbor?

Life Is a Vapor

Jas 4:13

Come^G33 now^G3568, you who say^G3004, “Today^G4594 or^G2228 tomorrow^G839 we will go^G4198 to such^G3592 and such^G3592 a city^G4172, and spend^G4160 a year^G1763 there^G1563 and engage^G1710 in^G1710 business^G1710 and make^G2770 a^G2770 profit^G2770.”