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1 FROM whence come conflicts and quarrels among you? Is it not from the lusts that war in your members? 2 You covet, and do not obtain; you kill and envy, but you cannot possess; you strive and fight, yet you have nothing, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and you do not receive because you do not ask sincerely, you ask that you may satisfy your lusts. 4 O you adulterers! Do you not know that the love for worldly things is enmity with God? Whosoever, therefore, esteems worldly things is the enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the scripture said in vain, The pride that dwells in us is provoked by jealousy? 6 But our LORD has given us abundant grace. Therefore he said, God humbles the proud, but gives grace to the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist Satan, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, O you sinners! And purify your hearts, O you of doubtful mind! 9 Humble yourselves, and mourn; let your laughter be turned to weeping, and your joy to sorrow. 10 Humble yourselves before the LORD and he shall lift you up. James 4:1-10, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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