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James 4:7
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Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you⁺.
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James 4
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.
8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9 Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
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