James 4

1 Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, — from your pleasures, which war in your members?

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not behind, even of your lusts that war in your members?

2 Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not.

All of you lust, and have not: all of you kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: all of you fight and war, yet all of you have not, because all of you ask not.

3 Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures.

All of you ask, and receive not, because all of you ask amiss, that all of you may consume it upon your lusts.

4 Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be [the] friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.

All of you adulterers and adulteresses, know all of you 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.

5 Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?

Do all of you think that the scripture says in vain, The spirit (pneuma) that dwells in us lusts to envy?

6 But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against [the] proud, but gives grace to [the] lowly.

But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.

7 Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Submit yourselves 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, sinners, and purify [your] hearts, ye double-minded.

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, all of you sinners; and purify your hearts, all of you double minded.

9 Be wretched, 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.

10 Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

11 Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against [his] brother, or judges his brother, speaks against [the] law and judges [the] law. But if thou judgest [the] law, thou art not doer of [the] law, but judge.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

12 One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou who judgest thy neighbour?

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who are you that judge another?

13 Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,

Go to now, all of you that say, To day or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

14 ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing, )

Whereas all of you know not what shall be on the next day. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

15 instead of your saying, If the Lord should [so] will and we should live, we will also do this or that.

For that all of you ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

16 But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

But now all of you rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

17 To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.

Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.