James 4

1 From where [are] wars and fightings among you? [Is it] not from here, out of your passions warring in your members?

From where [come] disputes and (from where *no*) quarrels among you? Surely from there, out of the passions of you those warring in the members of you?

2 You desire, and do not have, [so] you murder; and you are zealous, and are not able to attain, [so] you fight and war; and you do not have, because of your not asking;

You desire and not have; you kill and covet and not are able to obtain; You quarrel and wrangle; Not you have (now *k*) because not to ask you;

3 you ask, and you do not receive, because you ask badly, that you may spend [it] in your pleasures.

You ask and not receive, because wrongly you ask, that in the pleasures of you you may spend [it].

4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Have you not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever, then, may intend to be a friend of the world, he is designated [as] an enemy of God.

(adulterers — and *K*) Adulteresses! Surely you know that the friendship with the world hostility with God is? Who[ever] (maybe *N(k)O*) therefore shall choose a friend to be of the world, an enemy of God is appointed.

5 Or, do you think that the Writing says emptily, “The Spirit that has dwelt in us yearns with envy,”

Or think you that in vain the Scripture speaks? With envy yearns the Spirit that (he settled *N(k)O*) in us,

6 but [God] gives greater grace, for this reason it says, “God sets Himself up against proud ones, and He gives grace to lowly ones.”

Greater however He gives grace; Therefore it says: God [the] proud opposes, to [the] humble however gives grace.

7 Be subject, then, to God; stand up against the Devil, and he will flee from you;

do be subjected therefore to God. do resist (however *no*) the devil and he will flee from you,

8 draw near to God, and He will draw near to you; cleanse hands, you sinners! And purify hearts, you split-souled!

do draw near to God and He will draw near to you. do cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners, and do purify hearts, [you] double-minded.

9 Be exceedingly afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter be turned to mourning, and the joy to heaviness;

do be grieved and do mourn and do weep; The laughter of you to mourning (should be turned *N(k)O*) and the joy to gloom.

10 be made low before the LORD, and He will exalt you.

do be humbled in the presence of (the *ko*) Lord and He will exalt you.

11 Do not speak against one another, brothers; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, speaks against law, and judges law, and if you judge law, you are not a doer of law but a judge.

Not do speak against one another, brothers; The [one] speaking against [his] brother (or *N(k)O*) judging the brother of him speaks against [the] Law and judges [the] Law; If however [the] Law you judge, not you are a doer of [the] Law but a judge.

12 One is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; you—who are you that judges the other?

One there is Lawgiver (and Judge *NO*) who is being able to save and to destroy; You yourself (however *no*) who are (you who [are] judging *N(k)O*) the (neighbour? *N(K)O*)

13 Go, now, you who are saying, “Today and tomorrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain,”

do come now you who [are] saying; Today (or *N(k)O*) tomorrow (we will go *N(k)O*) into such city and (will spend *N(k)O*) there a year (one *K*) and (will trade *N(k)O*) and (will make a profit; *N(k)O*)

14 who does not know the thing of tomorrow; for what is your life? For it is a vapor that is appearing for a little [while], and then is vanishing;

[you] who not you know what [is] on the next day [is] What [is] (for *ko*) the life of you! A vapor just (you are *N(K)(o)*) for a little [while] appearing then (and *k*) also vanishing;

15 instead, you [ought] to say, “If the LORD may will, we will live, and do this or that”;

Instead [ought] to say you; If the Lord (shall wish *NK(o)*) both (we will live *N(k)O*) and (we will do *N(k)O*) this or that.

16 but now you glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;

Now however you boast in the arrogance of you; All boasting such evil is.

17 to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing [it], it is sin to him.

To [him] knowing therefore good to do and not doing [it], sin to him it is.