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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. Do you think the Scripture means nothing that says, “The Spirit that God made to live in us wants us for himself alone”?[a] 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

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Footnotes

  1. 4:5 “The Spirit . . . alone.” These words may be from Exodus 20:5.

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