James 4

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

Πόθεν πόλεμοι καὶ (πόθεν *no*) μάχαι ἐν ὑμῖν; οὐκ ἐντεῦθεν, ἐκ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν;

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;

ἐπιθυμεῖτε καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε· φονεύετε καὶ ζηλοῦτε καὶ οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν· μάχεσθε καὶ πολεμεῖτε· οὐκ ἔχετε (δὲ *k*) διὰ τὸ μὴ αἰτεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς·

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

αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.

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.

(μοιχοὶ καὶ *K*) μοιχαλίδες, οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ φιλία τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν; ὃς (ἐὰν *N(k)O*) οὖν βουληθῇ φίλος εἶναι τοῦ κόσμου, ἐχθρὸς τοῦ θεοῦ καθίσταται.

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

ἢ δοκεῖτε ὅτι κενῶς ἡ γραφὴ λέγει; πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα ὃ (κατῴκισεν *N(k)O*) ἐν ἡμῖν,

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.”

μείζονα δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν· διὸ λέγει· ὁ θεὸς ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται, ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν.

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

ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ θεῷ. ἀντίστητε (δὲ *no*) τῷ διαβόλῳ καὶ φεύξεται ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν,

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

ἐγγίσατε τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν. καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.

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

ταλαιπωρήσατε καὶ πενθήσατε καὶ κλαύσατε· ὁ γέλως ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος (μετατραπήτω *N(k)O*) καὶ ἡ χαρὰ εἰς κατήφειαν.

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

ταπεινώθητε ἐνώπιον (τοῦ *ko*) κυρίου καὶ ὑψώσει ὑμᾶς.

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.

Μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων, ἀδελφοί· ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ (ἢ *N(k)O*) κρίνων τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καὶ κρίνει νόμον· εἰ δὲ νόμον κρίνεις, οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου ἀλλὰ κριτής.

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

εἷς ἐστιν ὁ νομοθέτης (καὶ κριτὴς *NO*) ὁ δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι· σὺ (δὲ *no*) τίς εἶ (ὁ κρίνων *N(k)O*) τὸν (πλησίον; *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,”

Ἄγε νῦν οἱ λέγοντες· σήμερον (ἢ *N(k)O*) αὔριον (πορευσόμεθα *N(k)O*) εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν καὶ (ποιήσομεν *N(k)O*) ἐκεῖ ἐνιαυτὸν (ἕνα *K*) καὶ (ἐμπορευσόμεθα *N(k)O*) καὶ (κερδήσομεν· *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;

οἵτινες οὐκ ἐπίστασθε τὸ τῆς αὔριον ποία (γὰρ *ko*) ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν. ἀτμὶς γάρ (ἐστε *N(K)(o)*) ἡ πρὸς ὀλίγον φαινομένη ἔπειτα (δὲ *k*) καὶ ἀφανιζομένη·

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

ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὑμᾶς· ἐὰν ὁ κύριος (θελήσῃ *NK(o)*) καὶ (ζήσομεν *N(k)O*) καὶ (ποιήσομεν *N(k)O*) τοῦτο ἢ ἐκεῖνο.

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

νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονείαις ὑμῶν· πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν.

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

εἰδότι οὖν καλὸν ποιεῖν καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντι, ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν.