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Text -- James 4:5-17 (NET)
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4:5 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says , “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning ”?
4:6 But he gives greater grace . Therefore it says , “God opposes the proud , but he gives grace to the humble .”
4:7 So submit to God . But resist the devil and he will flee from you .
4:8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you . Cleanse your hands , you sinners , and make your hearts pure , you double-minded .
4:9 Grieve , mourn , and weep . Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair .
4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you .
4:11 Do not speak against one another , brothers and sisters . He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law . But if you judge the law , you are not a doer of the law but its judge .
4:12 But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge – the one who is able to save and destroy . On the other hand , who are you to judge your neighbor ?
4:13 Come now , you who say , “Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit .”
4:14 You do not know about tomorrow . What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes .
4:15 You ought to say instead, “If the Lord is willing , then we will live and do this or that .”
4:16 But as it is , you boast in your arrogance . All such boasting is evil .
4:17 So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin .
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Greed |
Presumption |
God |
Repentance |
Confidence |
Humility |
Satan |
Providence |
PAROUSIA |
Life |
Uncharitableness |
Slander |
Death |
Charitableness |
EVIL-SPEAKING |
Prayer |
Persecution |
One Another |
Envy |
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NET Notes: Jam 4:5 No OT verse is worded exactly this way. This is either a statement about the general teaching of scripture or a quotation from an ancient translation ...
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NET Notes: Jam 4:14 Or “a vapor.” The Greek word ἀτμίς (atmis) denotes a swirl of smoke arising from a fire (cf. Gen 19:28; Lev 16:1...
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