(A)You ask and do not receive, (B)because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

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You ask and (A)do not receive, because you ask [a]with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request [b]on your pleasures.

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:3 Lit wrongly
  2. James 4:3 Lit in

You ask [God for something] and do not receive it, because you ask [a]with wrong motives [out of selfishness or with an unrighteous agenda], so that [when you get what you want] you may spend it on your [hedonistic] desires.

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:3 Lit wrongly.

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

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