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1. What starts wars and fights among you? Is it not because you want many things and are fighting to have them?
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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 something you do not have, so you kill. You want something but cannot get it, so you fight for it. You do not get things because you do not ask for them.
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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 if you do ask, you do not receive because your reasons for asking are wrong. You want these things only to please yourselves.
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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 are as wives and husbands who are not faithful in marriage and do sex sins. Do you not know that to love the sinful things of the world and to be a friend to them is to be against God? Yes, I say it again, if you are a friend of the world, you are against God.
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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 Holy Writings mean nothing when they said, "The Holy Spirit Whom God has given to live in us has a strong desire for us to be faithful to Him"?
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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 He gives us more loving-favor. For the Holy Writings say, "God works against the proud but gives loving-favor to those who have no pride." (Proverbs 3:34)
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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 close to God and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Clean up your hearts, you who want to follow the sinful ways of the world and God at the same time.
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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 sorry for your sins and cry because of them. Be sad and do not laugh. Let your joy be turned to sorrow.
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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. Let yourself be brought low before the Lord. Then He will lift you up and help you.
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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. Christian brothers, do not talk against anyone or speak bad things about each other. If a person says bad things about his brother, he is speaking against him. And he will be speaking against God's Law. If you say the Law is wrong, and do not obey it, you are saying you are better than the Law.
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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. Only God can say what is right or wrong. He made the Law. He can save or put to death. How can we say if our brother is right or wrong?
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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. Listen! You who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this city and stay a year and make money."
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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 do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? It is like fog. You see it and soon it is gone.
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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. What you should say is, "If the Lord wants us to, 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 instead you are proud. You talk loud and big about yourselves. All such pride is sin.
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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 know what is right to do but you do not do it, you sin.
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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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