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.”
Humility Cures Worldliness
7 Therefore submit to God. aResist the devil and he will flee from you.
8aDraw near to God and He will draw near to you. bCleanse your hands, you sinners; and cpurify your hearts, you double-minded.
9aLament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
10aHumble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
Do Not Judge a Brother
11aDo not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother band judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
12 There is one1 Lawgiver, awho is able to save and to destroy. bWho are you to judge another?
Do Not Boast About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow1 we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”;
14 whereas you do not know what willhappen tomorrow. For what is your life? aIt is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
15 Instead you ought to say, a“If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.”
16 But now you boast in your arrogance. aAll such boasting is evil.
17 Therefore, ato him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. To secure his grace abundantly. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. He always flees before stout resistance. See the Temptation of Christ (Matthew 4:1-11). If not hurled back, he presses the attack.
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