Verse 5
James 4:5
Literal Standard Version
5
Or, do you think that the Writing says emptily, “The Spirit that has dwelt in us yearns with envy,”
Original Language Text
greek
ἢ δοκεῖτε ὅτι κενῶς ἡ γραφὴ λέγει· Πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα ὃ ⸀κατῴκισεν ἐν ἡμῖν;
English Translation
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain: "The Spirit that dwells in us yearns for envy"?
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Chapter 4 Context
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From where are wars and fightings among you? Is it not from here, out of your passions warring in yo...
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You desire, and do not have, so you murder; and you are zealous, and are not able to attain, so you...
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3
you ask, and you do not receive, because you ask badly, that you may spend it in your pleasures.
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4
Adulterers and adulteresses! Have you not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God (Elo...
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5
Or, do you think that the Writing says emptily, “The Spirit that has dwelt in us yearns with envy,”
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but God (Elohim) gives greater grace, for this reason it says, “God (Elohim) sets Himself up against...
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7
Be subject, then, to God (Elohim); stand up against the Devil, and he will flee from you;
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8
draw near to God (Elohim), and He will draw near to you; cleanse hands, you sinners! And purify hear...
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9
Be exceedingly afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter be turned to mourning, and the joy...
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10
be made low before the LORD, and He will exalt you.
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11
Do not speak against one another, brothers; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his...
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12
One is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; you—who are you that judges the other?
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13
Go, now, you who are saying, “Today and tomorrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there o...
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14
who does not know the thing of tomorrow; for what is your life? For it is a vapor that is appearing...
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15
instead, you ought to say, “If the LORD may will, we will live, and do this or that”;
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16
but now you glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
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to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing it, it is sin to him.
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