James 4:2-3

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²You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war.^[a] You do not have because you do not ask. ³You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.^(A)

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4:2 Or You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and wage war.

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