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1. Do you know where your fights and arguments come from? They come from the selfish desires that make war inside you.
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1. From whence G4159 come wars G4171 and G2532 fightings G3163 among G1722 you G5213 ? come they not G3756 hence G1782 , even of G1537 your G5216 lusts G2237 that war G4754 in G1722 your G5216 members G3196 ?
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2. You want things, but you don't get them. So you kill and are jealous of others. But you still cannot get what you want. So you argue and fight. You don't get what you want because you don't ask God.
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2. Ye lust G1937 , and G2532 have G2192 not G3756 : ye kill G5407 , and G2532 desire to have G2206 , and G2532 cannot G1410 G3756 obtain G2013 : ye fight G3164 and G2532 war G4170 , yet G1161 ye have G2192 not G3756 , because ye G5209 ask G154 not G3361 .
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3. Or when you ask, you don't receive anything, because the reason you ask is wrong. You only want to use it for your own pleasure.
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3. Ye ask G154 , and G2532 receive G2983 not G3756 , because G1360 ye ask G154 amiss G2560 , that G2443 ye may consume G1159 it upon G1722 your G5216 lusts G2237 .
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4. You people are not faithful to God! You should know that loving what the world has is the same as hating God. So anyone who wants to be friends with this evil world becomes God's enemy.
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4. Ye adulterers G3432 and G2532 adulteresses G3428 , know G1492 ye not G3756 that G3754 the G3588 friendship G5373 of the G3588 world G2889 is G2076 enmity G2189 with God G2316 ? whosoever G3739 G302 therefore G3767 will G1014 be G1511 a friend G5384 of the G3588 world G2889 is G2525 the enemy G2190 of God G2316 .
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5. Do you think the Scriptures mean nothing? The Scriptures say, "The Spirit God made to live in us wants us only for himself."
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5. Do ye G2228 think G1380 that G3754 the G3588 Scripture G1124 saith G3004 in vain G2761 , The G3588 spirit G4151 that G3739 dwelleth G2730 in G1722 us G2254 lusteth G1971 to G4314 envy G5355 ?
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6. But the kindness God shows is greater. As the Scripture says, "God is against the proud, but he is kind to the humble."
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6. But G1161 he giveth G1325 more G3187 grace G5485 . Wherefore G1352 he saith G3004 , God G2316 resisteth G498 the proud G5244 , but G1161 giveth G1325 grace G5485 unto the humble G5011 .
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7. So give yourselves to God. Stand against the devil, and he will run away from you.
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7. Submit G5293 yourselves therefore G3767 to God G2316 . Resist G436 the G3588 devil G1228 , and G2532 he will flee G5343 from G575 you G5216 .
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8. Come near to God and he will come near to you. You are sinners, so clean sin out of your lives. You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.
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8. Draw nigh G1448 to God G2316 , and G2532 he will draw nigh G1448 to you G5213 . Cleanse G2511 your hands G5495 , ye sinners G268 ; and G2532 purify G48 your hearts G2588 , ye double minded G1374 .
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9. Be sad, be sorry, and cry! Change your laughter into crying. Change your joy into sadness.
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9. Be afflicted G5003 , and G2532 mourn G3996 , and G2532 weep G2799 : let your G5216 laughter G1071 be turned G3344 to G1519 mourning G3997 , and G2532 your joy G5479 to G1519 heaviness G2726 .
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10. Be humble before the Lord, and he will make you great.
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10. Humble yourselves G5013 in the sight G1799 of the G3588 Lord G2962 , and G2532 he shall lift you up G5312 G5209 .
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11. Brothers and sisters, don't say anything against each other. If you criticize your brother or sister in Christ or judge them, you are criticizing and judging the law they follow. And when you are judging the law, you are not a follower of the law. You have become a judge.
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11. Speak not evil G2635 G3361 one of another G240 , brethren G80 . He that speaketh evil G2635 of his brother G80 , and G2532 judgeth G2919 his G848 brother G80 , speaketh evil G2635 of the law G3551 , and G2532 judgeth G2919 the law G3551 : but G1161 if G1487 thou judge G2919 the law G3551 , thou art G1488 not G3756 a doer G4163 of the law G3551 , but G235 a judge G2923 .
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12. God is the one who gave us the law, and he is the Judge. He is the only one who can save and destroy. So it is not right for you to judge anyone.
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12. There is G2076 one G1520 lawgiver G3550 , who is able G1410 to save G4982 and G2532 to destroy G622 : who G5101 art G1488 thou G4771 that G3739 judgest G2919 another G2087 ?
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13. Some of you say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to some city. We will stay there a year, do business, and make money." Listen, think about this:
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13. Go to G33 now G3568 , ye that say G3004 , Today G4594 or G2532 tomorrow G839 we will go G4198 into G1519 such G3592 a city G4172 , and G2532 continue G4160 there G1563 a G1520 year G1763 , and G2532 buy and sell G1710 , and G2532 get gain G2770 :
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14. You don't know what will happen tomorrow. Your life is like a fog. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.
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14. Whereas G3748 ye know G1987 not G3756 what G3588 shall be on the G3588 morrow G839 . For G1063 what G4169 is your G5216 life G2222 ? It is G2076 even G1063 a vapor G822 , that appeareth G5316 for G4314 a little time G3641 , and G1161 then G1899 vanisheth away G853 .
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15. So you should say, "If the Lord wants, we will live and do this or that."
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15. For G473 that ye G5209 ought to say G3004 , If G1437 the G3588 Lord G2962 will G2309 , we shall G2532 live G2198 , and G2532 do G4160 this G5124 , or G2228 that G1565 .
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16. But now you are proud and boast about yourself. All such boasting is wrong.
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16. But G1161 now G3568 ye rejoice G2744 in G1722 your G5216 boastings G212 : all G3956 such G5108 rejoicing G2746 is G2076 evil G4190 .
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17. If you fail to do what you know is right, you are sinning.
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17. Therefore G3767 to him that knoweth G1492 to do G4160 good G2570 , and G2532 doeth G4160 it not G3361 , to him G846 it is G2076 sin G266 .
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