James 4

1Whence [come] wars and whence fightings among you? [Is it] not thence, — from your pleasures, which war in your members?

1From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which war in your members?

2Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not.

2You covet, and have not: you kill and envy and cannot obtain. You contend and war, and you have not: because you ask not.

3Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume [it] in your pleasures.

3You ask and receive not: because you ask amiss, that you may consume it on your concupiscences.

4Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity withGod? Whoever therefore is minded to be [the] friend of the world is constituted enemy ofGod.

4Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of this world becometh an enemy of God.

5Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?

5Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?

6But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says,God sets himself against [the] proud, but gives grace to [the] lowly.

6But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.

7Subject yourselves therefore toGod. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

7Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil: and he will fly from you.

8Draw near toGod, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, sinners, and purify [your] hearts, ye double-minded.

8Draw nigh to God: and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

9Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

9Be afflicted and mourn and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into sorrow.

10Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he shall exalt you.

10Be humbled in the sight of the Lord: and he will exalt you.

11Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against [his] brother, or judges his brother, speaks against [the] law and judges [the] law. But if thou judgest [the] law, thou art not doer of [the] law, but judge.

11Detract not one another, my brethren. He that detracteth his brother, or he that judgeth his brother, detracteth the law and judgeth the law. But if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

12One is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou who judgest thy neighbour?

12There is one lawgiver and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver.

13Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,

13But who art thou that judgest thy neighbour? Behold, now you that say: To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and there we will spend a year and will traffic and make our gain.

14ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)

14Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.

15instead of your saying, If the Lord should [so] will and we should live, we will also do this or that.

15For what is your life? It is a vapour which appeareth for a little while and afterwards shall vanish away. For that you should say: If the Lord will, and, If we shall live, we will do this or that.

16But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

16But now you rejoice in your arrogancies. All such rejoicing is wicked.

17To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.

17To him therefore who knoweth to do good and doth it not, to him it is sin.