James 4
1 From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] from your lusts that war in your members?
Πόθεν πόλεμοι καὶ ⸀πόθενμάχαι ἐν ὑμῖν; οὐκ ἐντεῦθεν, ἐκ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν;
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.
ἐπιθυμεῖτε, καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε· φονεύετε καὶ ζηλοῦτε, καὶ οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν· μάχεσθε καὶ πολεμεῖτε. οὐκ ἔχετε διὰ τὸ μὴ αἰτεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς·
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.
αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε, διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.
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.
⸀μοιχαλίδες οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ φιλία τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν; ὃς ⸀ἐὰνοὖν βουληθῇ φίλος εἶναι τοῦ κόσμου, ἐχθρὸς τοῦ θεοῦ καθίσταται.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
ἢ δοκεῖτε ὅτι κενῶς ἡ γραφὴ λέγει· Πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα ὃ ⸀κατῴκισενἐν ἡμῖν;
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
μείζονα δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν· διὸ λέγει· Ὁ θεὸς ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν.
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ θεῷ· ἀντίστητε δὲ τῷ διαβόλῳ, καὶ φεύξεται ἀφʼ ὑμῶν·
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners, and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double-minded.
ἐγγίσατε τῷ θεῷ, καὶ ⸀ἐγγιεῖὑμῖν. καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
ταλαιπωρήσατε καὶ πενθήσατε καὶ κλαύσατε· ὁ γέλως ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος ⸀μετατραπήτωκαὶ ἡ χαρὰ εἰς κατήφειαν·
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.
ταπεινώθητε ἐνώπιον ⸀κυρίου καὶ ὑψώσει ὑμᾶς.
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.
Μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων, ἀδελφοί· ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ⸀ἢκρίνων τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καὶ κρίνει νόμον· εἰ δὲ νόμον κρίνεις, οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου ἀλλὰ κριτής.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
εἷς ⸀ἐστιννομοθέτης ⸂καὶ κριτής, ὁ δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι· σὺ δὲ τίς εἶ, ⸂ὁ κρίνων τὸν ⸀πλησίον
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:
Ἄγε νῦν οἱ λέγοντες· Σήμερον ⸀ἢαὔριον ⸀πορευσόμεθαεἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν καὶ ⸀ποιήσομενἐκεῖ ⸀ἐνιαυτὸνκαὶ ⸀ἐμπορευσόμεθακαὶ ⸀κερδήσομεν
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.
οἵτινες οὐκ ἐπίστασθε ⸀τὸτῆς αὔριον ⸀ποίαἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν· ἀτμὶς γάρ ⸀ἐστε⸀ἡπρὸς ὀλίγον φαινομένη, ⸀ἔπειτακαὶ ἀφανιζομένη·
15 Instead of that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὑμᾶς· Ἐὰν ὁ κύριος ⸀θελήσῃ καὶ ⸀ζήσομενκαὶ ⸀ποιήσομεντοῦτο ἢ ἐκεῖνο.
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονείαις ὑμῶν· πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν.
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.
εἰδότι οὖν καλὸν ποιεῖν καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντι, ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν.
