1From
whence come wars
and
fightings
among you? come
they not
hence, even of
your lusts
that war in
your
members?
2Ye
lust, and
have not: ye
kill, and
desire to
have, and
cannot
obtain: ye
fight and
war, yet ye
have not,
because ye
ask not.
3Ye
ask, and
receive not,
because ye
ask amiss,
that ye may
consume it upon
your lusts.
4Ye
adulterers
and
adulteresses,
know ye not
that the
friendship
of the world
is enmity
with God?
whosoever
therefore
will be a
friend of
the world is
the enemy of
God.
5Do
ye think
that the
scripture
saith in
vain, The
spirit that
dwelleth in
us lusteth
to envy?
6But
he giveth
more grace.
Wherefore he
saith, God
resisteth
the proud,
but giveth
grace unto
the humble.
7Submit
yourselves
therefore to
God. Resist
the devil,
and he will
flee from
you.
8Draw
nigh to God,
and he will
draw nigh to
you.
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;
and purify your hearts, ye double
minded.
9Be
afflicted,
and mourn,
and weep:
let your
laughter be
turned to
mourning,
and your joy
to
heaviness.
10Humble
yourselves
in the sight
of the Lord,
and he shall
lift you up.
11Speak
not evil one
of another,
brethren. He
that
speaketh
evil of his brother,
and judgeth
his brother,
speaketh
evil of the
law, and
judgeth the
law: but if
thou judge
the law,
thou art not
a doer of
the law, but
a judge.
12There
is one
lawgiver,
who is able
to save and
to destroy:
who art thou
that judgest
another?
13Go
to now, ye
that say, To
day or to
morrow we
will go into
such a city,
and continue
there a
year, and
buy and
sell, and
get gain:
14Whereas
ye know not
what shall
be on
the morrow.
For what is your
life? It is
even a
vapour, that
appeareth
for a little
time, and
then
vanisheth
away.
15For
that ye ought to
say, If the
Lord will,
we shall
live, and do
this, or
that.
16But
now ye
rejoice in
your
boastings:
all such
rejoicing is
evil.
17Therefore
to him that
knoweth to
do good, and
doeth it not,
to him it is
sin.
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