James 4:4 - Forerunner Commentary

James 4:4

2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and¹ war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.

3 ^aYou ask and do not receive, ^bbecause you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

4 ¹Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that ^afriendship with the world is enmity with God? ^bWhoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

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

6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
^a“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

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7 Therefore submit to God. ^aResist the devil and he will flee from you.

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Interlinear Bible for James 4:4:

Ye adulterers
moichos (#3432) and
kai (#2532) adulteresses,
moichalis (#3428) know
eido (#1492) ye not
hotou (#3756) that
hoti (#3754) the
xurao (#3588) friendship
philia (#5373) of the
xurao (#3588) world
kosmos (#2889) is
esti (#2076) enmity
echthra (#2189) with God?
theos (#2316) whosoever
orcheomai (#3739) therefore
oun (#3767) will
boulomai (#1014) be
einai (#1511) a friend
philos (#5384) of the
xurao (#3588) world
kosmos (#2889) is
kathistemi (#2525) the enemy
echthros (#2190) of God.
theos (#2316)

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