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James 4:3-4
New American Standard Bible
James 4:3-4
New American Standard Bible
3 You ask and (A)do not receive, because you ask [a]with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request [b]on your pleasures. 4 You (B)adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with (C)the world is (D)hostility toward God? (E)Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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James 4:3-4
New International Version
James 4:3-4
New International Version
3 When you ask, you do not receive,(A) because you ask with wrong motives,(B) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
4 You adulterous(C) people,[a] don’t you know that friendship with the world(D) means enmity against God?(E) Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.(F)
Footnotes
- James 4:4 An allusion to covenant unfaithfulness; see Hosea 3:1.
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