New Testament · Letters

James chapter 4

Where do all the and among you come from? Don’t they come from the that are at war inside you?You want things and don’t get them, so you . You’re but can’t get it, so you fight and argue. You don’t have because you don’t ask God.And when you do ask, you don’t receive because you’re asking with the — you just want to spend it on your own .You ! Don’t you realize that friendship with means hostility toward God? Whoever chooses to be a friend of the world’s system makes themselves an enemy of God.Or do you think the Scripture says this for no reason? The spirit he placed in us .But he gives even greater . That’s why it says: “God stands against the , but gives generous favor to the .”So yourselves to God. , and he will run from you.Come close to God, and he will come close to you. , , and make your hearts , you who are . over this. Mourn and weep. Let your laughter turn to mourning and your joy to . before the Lord, and he will .Don’t , . Anyone who tears down a fellow believer or judges them is tearing down and judging the law. And if you judge the law, you’re not following it — you’ve put yourself above it.There is only one and judge — the one who has the power to and to destroy. So who do you think you are to judge your ?, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we’ll head to this city, spend a year there, , and make money.”You don’t even know what your life will look like tomorrow! You’re a that shows up for a little while and then vanishes.Instead, you should say, “, we’ll live and do this or that.”But instead, you about your . All boasting like that is .So if you know and you don’t do it — that’s .