But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:

(A)“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

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But he bestows a greater grace; therefore, it says:(A)

“God resists the proud,
    but gives grace to the humble.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 4:6 The point of this whole argument is that God wants the happiness of all, but that selfishness and pride can make that impossible. We must work with him in humility (Jas 4:10).

But he gives us more and more strength to stand against all such evil longings. As the Scripture says, God gives strength to the humble but sets himself against the proud and haughty.

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