James 4

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

Whence are wars and whence are fightings among you? Are they not hence, from your lusts that 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.

Ye lust, and have not; ye kill, and earnestly covet, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war. Ye have not, because ye ask not;

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

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

4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore chooseth to be a friend of the world, becometh an enemy of God.

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

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, “Zealously doth the Spirit, which made its abode in us, long for us”?

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

but he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.”

7 Submit 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 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, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.

9 Be afflicted, 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 into mourning, and your joy into heaviness.

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

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

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 judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Speak not against one another, brethren; he that speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art 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?

One is the Lawgiver and Judge, he who is able to save, and to destroy; but who art thou, that judgest thy neighbor?

13 Come 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, ye that say, To-day and to-morrow we will go into such a city, and spend a year there and traffic, and get gain,

14 Whereas ye know not what [will be] on the morrow: For what [is] your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

(whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? Ye are even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away; )

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

instead of saying, If the Lord will, we shall both live and do this or that;

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

but now ye glory in your boastings. All such glorying is evil.

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

Therefore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.