Jas James, chapter Epistle of James, chapter 4
Friendship with the World
Where do wars and 4:1 fights ¦ where do fights CTfights among you come from? Do they not come from your passions that wage war among your members? Rom 7:23; Gal 5:17You desire but do not have. You murder and are jealous but cannot obtain what you want. You fight and war. 4:2 You 𝔐13 ¦ And you 𝔐7 ANT ¦ Yet you TRYou do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. 1Jn 3:224:4 Adulterers and adulteresses 97.8% ¦ Adulteresses CT 1.8%Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? 4:4 Therefore whoever 𝔐12 • CT ¦ Whoever 𝔐8Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Jhn 15:19; Rom 8:7Or do you think that the Scripture speaks in vain? The spirit that 4:5 dwells ¦ he made to dwell CTdwells in us desires to the point of envy, Gal 5:17but God gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Luk 14:11; 1Pe 5:5Submit yourselves therefore to 4:7 God, but ¦ God; ANT PCK TRGod, but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into gloom. Mat 5:4Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.1Pe 5:6
Speaking Evil Against One Another
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. 4:11 He ¦ For he PCKHe who speaks evil against a brother 4:11 and 83.5% ¦ or CT 15.3%and judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. Now if yoʋ judge the law, yoʋ are not a doer of the law but a judge. Mat 7:1There is only one 4:12 lawgiver ¦ lawgiver and judge ANT CT PCK SBL WHlawgiver—he who is able to save and destroy. 4:12 But who ¦ Who TRBut who are yoʋ to judge 4:12 another ¦ yoʋr neighbor CTanother?Rom 14:4
Boasting About Tomorrow
Come now, you who say, “Today 4:13 and ¦ or CT SCRand tomorrow 4:13 let us ¦ we will ANT CT SCRlet us go to such and such a city, spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” Luk 12:18You do not know 4:14 what will happen ¦ about WHwhat will happen tomorrow. What is 4:14 your ¦ our PCKyour life? 4:14 It is ¦ You are CT {Note: The main Greek text literally reads It will be.}It is a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, 4:15 let us ¦ we will ANT CT SCRlet us live and do this or that.” Act 18:21; 1Co 4:19; 1Co 16:7But as it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes; all such boasting is evil. So whoever knows the right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.Luk 12:47