James 4:1 — NET context
Πόθεν πόλεμοι καὶ πόθεν μάχαι ἐν ὑμῖν; οὐκ ἐντεῦθεν, ἐκ τῶν ἡδονῶν ὑμῶν τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς μέλεσιν ὑμῶν;
NET2 Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?
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James 4:2 — NET context
ἐπιθυμεῖτε καὶ οὐκ ἔχετε, φονεύετε καὶ ζηλοῦτε καὶ οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν, μάχεσθε καὶ πολεμεῖτε, οὐκ ἔχετε διὰ τὸ μὴ αἰτεῖσθαι ὑμᾶς,
NET2 You desire and you do not have; you murder and envy and you cannot obtain; you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask;
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James 4:3 — NET context
αἰτεῖτε καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετε διότι κακῶς αἰτεῖσθε, ἵνα ἐν ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑμῶν δαπανήσητε.
NET2 you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.
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James 4:4 — NET context
μοιχαλίδες, οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ἡ φιλία τοῦ κόσμου ἔχθρα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν; ὃς ἐὰν οὖν βουληθῇ φίλος εἶναι τοῦ κόσμου, ἐχθρὸς τοῦ θεοῦ καθίσταται.
NET2 Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.
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James 4:5 — NET context
ἢ δοκεῖτε ὅτι κενῶς ἡ γραφὴ λέγει· πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα ὃ κατῴκισεν ἐν ἡμῖν,
NET2 Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?
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James 4:6 — NET context
μείζονα δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν; διὸ λέγει· ὁ θεὸς ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται, ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν.
NET2 But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”
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James 4:7 — NET context
ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ θεῷ, ἀντίστητε δὲ τῷ διαβόλῳ καὶ φεύξεται ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν,
NET2 So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.
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James 4:8 — NET context
ἐγγίσατε τῷ θεῷ καὶ |ἐγγιεῖ| ὑμῖν. καθαρίσατε χεῖρας, ἁμαρτωλοί, καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας, δίψυχοι.
NET2 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.
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James 4:9 — NET context
ταλαιπωρήσατε καὶ πενθήσατε καὶ κλαύσατε. ὁ γέλως ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος μετατραπήτω καὶ ἡ χαρὰ εἰς κατήφειαν.
NET2 Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.
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James 4:10 — NET context
ταπεινώθητε ἐνώπιον κυρίου καὶ ὑψώσει ὑμᾶς.
NET2 Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
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James 4:11 — NET context
Μὴ καταλαλεῖτε ἀλλήλων, ἀδελφοί. ὁ καταλαλῶν ἀδελφοῦ ἢ κρίνων τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καταλαλεῖ νόμου καὶ κρίνει νόμον· εἰ δὲ νόμον κρίνεις, οὐκ εἶ ποιητὴς νόμου ἀλλὰ κριτής.
NET2 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.
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James 4:12 — NET context
εἷς ἐστιν [ὁ] νομοθέτης καὶ κριτὴς ὁ δυνάμενος σῶσαι καὶ ἀπολέσαι· σὺ δὲ τίς εἶ ὁ κρίνων τὸν πλησίον;
NET2 But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge—the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?
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James 4:13 — NET context
῎Αγε νῦν οἱ λέγοντες· σήμερον ἢ αὔριον πορευσόμεθα εἰς τήνδε τὴν πόλιν καὶ ποιήσομεν ἐκεῖ ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ ἐμπορευσόμεθα καὶ κερδήσομεν·
NET2 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”
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James 4:14 — NET context
οἵτινες οὐκ ἐπίστασθε |τὸ| τῆς αὔριον ποία ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν· ἀτμὶς γάρ ἐστε |ἡ| πρὸς ὀλίγον φαινομένη, ἔπειτα καὶ ἀφανιζομένη.
NET2 You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
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James 4:15 — NET context
ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὑμᾶς· ἐὰν ὁ κύριος |θελήσῃ| καὶ ζήσομεν καὶ ποιήσομεν τοῦτο ἢ ἐκεῖνο.
NET2 You ought to say instead, “If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”
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James 4:16 — NET context
νῦν δὲ καυχᾶσθε ἐν ταῖς ἀλαζονείαις ὑμῶν· πᾶσα καύχησις τοιαύτη πονηρά ἐστιν.
NET2 But as it is, you boast about your arrogant plans. All such boasting is evil.
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James 4:17 — NET context
εἰδότι οὖν καλὸν ποιεῖν καὶ μὴ ποιοῦντι, ἁμαρτία αὐτῷ ἐστιν.
NET2 So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.
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