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James 4

Things to Avoid

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 1What is the source of quarrels and  aconflicts among you?  2Is not the source your pleasures that wage  bwar in your members?

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You lust and do not have; so you  acommit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

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You ask and  ado not receive, because you ask  1with wrong motives, so that you may spend it  2on your pleasures.

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You  aadulteresses, do you not know that friendship with  bthe world is  chostility toward God?  dTherefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

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Or do you think that the Scripture  aspeaks to no purpose: " 1He  2jealously desires  bthe Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"?

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But  aHe gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, " bGOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE."

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 aSubmit therefore to God.  bResist the devil and he will flee from you.

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 aDraw near to God and He will draw near to you.  bCleanse your hands, you sinners; and  cpurify your hearts, you  ddouble-minded.

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 aBe miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.

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 aHumble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

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 aDo not speak against one another,  bbrethren. He who speaks against a brother or  cjudges his brother, speaks against  dthe law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not  ea doer of the law but a judge of it.

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There is only one  aLawgiver and Judge, the One who is  bable to save and to destroy; but  cwho are you who judge your neighbor?

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 aCome now, you who say, " bToday or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit."

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 1Yet you do not know  2what your life will be like tomorrow.  aYou are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

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 1Instead, you ought to say, " aIf the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that."

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But as it is, you boast in your  1arrogance;  aall such boasting is evil.

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Therefore,  ato one who knows the  1right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.



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