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James 4:2-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
James 4:2-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 You want something and do not have it, so you commit murder. And you covet[a] something and cannot obtain it, so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.(A)
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- 4.2 Or you murder and you covet
James 4:2-3
New International Version
James 4:2-3
New International Version
2 You desire but do not have, so you kill.(A) You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive,(B) because you ask with wrong motives,(C) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
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