⁴ You adulterous^(A) people,^[a] don’t you know that friendship with the world^(B) means enmity against God?^(C) Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.^{(D) 5} Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us^[b]?^{(E) 6} But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:

⁷ Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,^(G) and he will flee from you. ⁸ Come near to God and he will come near to you.^(H) Wash your hands,^(I) you sinners, and purify your hearts,^(J) you double-minded.^{(K) 9} Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.^{(L) 10} Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.^(M)

¹¹ Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another.^(N) Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister^[d] or judges them^(O) speaks against the law^(P) and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it,^(Q) but sitting in judgment on it. ¹² There is only one Lawgiver and Judge,^(R) the one who is able to save and destroy.^(S) But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?^(T)