James 4:1-4:10

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  • 9/13/2026
  • Pastor William DesRochers
  • 4:1  From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
  • 4:2  Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
  • 4:3  Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
  • 4:4  Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
  • 4:5  Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
  • 4:6  But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
  • 4:7  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  • 4:8  Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
  • 4:9  Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
  • 4:10  Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.