1What is the source
of quarrels
and aconflicts
among
you? 2Is not the source
your pleasures
that wage
bwar
in your members
?
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
.
You ask and ado not receive
, because
you ask
1with wrong
motives
, so
that you may spend
it 2on your pleasures
.
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
.
Or do you think
that the Scripture
aspeaks
to no
purpose
: " 1He 2jealously
desires
bthe Spirit
which
He has made
to dwell
in us"?
But aHe gives a greater
grace
. Therefore
it says
, " bGOD
IS OPPOSED
TO THE PROUD
, BUT GIVES
GRACE
TO THE HUMBLE
."
aSubmit therefore
to God
. bResist
the devil
and he will flee
from you.
aDraw near
to God
and He will draw
near
to you. bCleanse
your hands
, you sinners
; and cpurify
your hearts
, you ddouble-minded
.
aBe miserable and mourn
and weep
; let your laughter
be turned
into mourning
and your joy
to gloom
.
aHumble yourselves in the presence
of the Lord
, and He will exalt
you.
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.
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
?
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
."
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
.
1Instead, you ought to say
, " aIf
the Lord
wills
, we will live
and also
do
this
or
that."
But as it is, you boast in your 1arrogance
; aall
such
boasting
is evil
.
Therefore, ato one who knows
the 1right
thing
to do
and does
not do
it, to him it is sin
.