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James 4:2-4
New American Standard Bible 1995
James 4:2-4
New American Standard Bible 1995
2 You lust and do not have; so you (A)commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and (B)do not receive, because you ask [a]with wrong motives, so that you may spend it [b]on your pleasures. 4 You (C)adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with (D)the world is (E)hostility toward God? (F)Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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James 4:2-4
New International Version
James 4:2-4
New International Version
2 You desire but do not have, so you kill.(A) You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive,(B) because you ask with wrong motives,(C) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
4 You adulterous(D) people,[a] don’t you know that friendship with the world(E) means enmity against God?(F) Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.(G)
Footnotes
- James 4:4 An allusion to covenant unfaithfulness; see Hosea 3:1.
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