James 4:5

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James 4:5

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

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KJV

King James Version

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

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WEB

World English Bible

Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?

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ASV

American Standard Version

Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Or do you⁺ think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit that He made to dwell in us yearns with envy”?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

James 4

³ And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

⁴ You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

⁵ Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

⁶ But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

⁷ Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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