James 4

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

Whence wars and fightings among you? Do they not come hence, even from your lusts, which war in your members?

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.

You strongly desire, and have not; you kill, and are zealous, and can not obtain. You fight and war, but have not, because you ask not.

3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.

You ask, and do not receive, because you ask wickedly, that you may spend upon your lusts.

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.

Adulterers, and adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity against God? Whosoever, therefore, will be a friend of the world, is counted an enemy of God.

5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

Do you think that the scripture speaks in vain? And does the spirit, who dwells in us, strongly incline to envy?

6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

But he gives greater favor. For it says, "God resists the proud, but gives favor to the humble."

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

Therefore, be subject to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you men of two minds.

9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

Be exceedingly afflicted, and mourn, and weep; and let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sadness.

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

Be humble in the presence of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

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.

He who speaks against his brother, and condemns his brother, speaks against the law, and condemns the law. But if you condemn the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy. Who are you, that condemn another?

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:

Come, now, you who say, To-day, or to-morrow, we will go to such a city, and will abide there one year, and traffic in merchandise, and get gain;

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.

who do not know what shall be to-morrow. For what is your life? It is, indeed, a smoke, which appears for a little while, and then vanishes away.

15 For that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

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

16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

But now you boast in your proud speeches: all such boasting is evil.

17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.

Wherefore, to him who know how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.