雅各书 4
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
与世俗为友就是与神为敌
4 你们中间的争战、斗殴是从哪里来的呢？不是从你们百体中战斗之私欲来的吗？ 2 你们贪恋，还是得不着；你们杀害嫉妒，又斗殴争战，也不能得。你们得不着，是因为你们不求。 3 你们求也得不着，是因为你们妄求，要浪费在你们的宴乐中。 4 你们这些淫乱的人[a]哪，岂不知与世俗为友就是与神为敌吗？所以凡想要与世俗为友的，就是与神为敌了。 5 你们想经上所说是徒然的吗？神所赐住在我们里面的灵，是恋爱至于嫉妒吗？ 6 但他赐更多的恩典，所以经上说：“神阻挡骄傲的人，赐恩给谦卑的人。”
当抵挡魔鬼亲近神
7 故此，你们要顺服神。务要抵挡魔鬼，魔鬼就必离开你们逃跑了。 8 你们亲近神，神就必亲近你们。有罪的人哪，要洁净你们的手！心怀二意的人哪，要清洁你们的心！ 9 你们要愁苦、悲哀、哭泣，将喜笑变做悲哀，欢乐变做愁闷。 10 务要在主面前自卑，主就必叫你们升高。
不可彼此批评
11 弟兄们，你们不可彼此批评。人若批评弟兄、论断弟兄，就是批评律法、论断律法。你若论断律法，就不是遵行律法，乃是判断人的。 12 设立律法和判断人的只有一位，就是那能救人也能灭人的。你是谁，竟敢论断别人呢？
知道行善不去行的就是罪
13 嗐，你们有话说：“今天、明天我们要往某城里去，在那里住一年，做买卖得利。” 14 其实明天如何，你们还不知道。你们的生命是什么呢？你们原来是一片云雾，出现少时就不见了。 15 你们只当说：“主若愿意，我们就可以活着，也可以做这事或做那事。” 16 现今你们竟以张狂夸口。凡这样夸口都是恶的。 17 人若知道行善却不去行，这就是他的罪了。
Footnotes
- 雅各书 4:4 “淫乱的人”原文作“淫妇”。
James 4
New Century Version
Give Yourselves to God
4 Do you know where your fights and arguments come from? They come from the selfish desires that war within you. 2 You want things, but you do not have them. So you are ready to kill and are jealous of other people, but you still cannot get what you want. So you argue and fight. You do not get what you want, because you do not ask God. 3 Or when you ask, you do not receive because the reason you ask is wrong. You want things so you can use them for your own pleasures.
4 So, you are not loyal to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. Anyone who wants to be a friend of the world becomes God’s enemy. 5 Do you think the Scripture means nothing that says, “The Spirit that God made to live in us wants us for himself alone”?[a] 6 But God gives us even more grace, as the Scripture says,
“God is against the proud,
but he gives grace to the humble.” Proverbs 3:34
7 So give yourselves completely to God. Stand against the devil, and the devil will run from you. 8 Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure. 9 Be sad, cry, and weep! Change your laughter into crying and your joy into sadness. 10 Humble yourself in the Lord’s presence, and he will honor you.
You Are Not the Judge
11 Brothers and sisters, do not tell evil lies about each other. If you speak against your fellow believers or judge them, you are judging and speaking against the law they follow. And when you are judging the law, you are no longer a follower of the law. You have become a judge. 12 God is the only Lawmaker and Judge. He is the only One who can save and destroy. So it is not right for you to judge your neighbor.
Let God Plan Your Life
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.” 14 But you do not know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a mist. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away. 15 So you should say, “If the Lord wants, we will live and do this or that.” 16 But now you are proud and you brag. All of this bragging is wrong. 17 Anyone who knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, is sinning.
Footnotes
- 4:5 “The Spirit . . . alone.” These words may be from Exodus 20:5.
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