James 4
New American Standard Bible 1995
Things to Avoid
4 [a]What is the source of quarrels and (A)conflicts among you? [b]Is not the source your pleasures that wage (B)war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have; so you (C)commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and (D)do not receive, because you ask [c]with wrong motives, so that you may spend it [d]on your pleasures. 4 You (E)adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with (F)the world is (G)hostility toward God? (H)Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture (I)speaks to no purpose: “[e]He [f]jealously desires (J)the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”? 6 But (K)He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “(L)God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7 (M)Submit therefore to God. (N)Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 (O)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (P)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (Q)purify your hearts, you (R)double-minded. 9 (S)Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 (T)Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
11 (U)Do not speak against one another, (V)brethren. He who speaks against a brother or (W)judges his brother, speaks against (X)the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not (Y)a doer of the law but a judge of it. 12 There is only one (Z)Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is (AA)able to save and to destroy; but (AB)who are you who judge your neighbor?
13 (AC)Come now, you who say, “(AD)Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” 14 [g]Yet you do not know [h]what your life will be like tomorrow. (AE)You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. 15 [i]Instead, you ought to say, “(AF)If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” 16 But as it is, you boast in your [j]arrogance; (AG)all such boasting is evil. 17 Therefore, (AH)to one who knows the [k]right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Footnotes
- James 4:1 Lit From where wars and from where fightings
- James 4:1 Lit Are they not from here, from your
- James 4:3 Lit wickedly
- James 4:3 Lit in
- James 4:5 Or The spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy
- James 4:5 Lit desires to jealousy
- James 4:14 Lit Who do not
- James 4:14 Or what will happen tomorrow. What kind of life is yours?
- James 4:15 Lit Instead of your saying
- James 4:16 Or pretensions
- James 4:17 Or good
James 4
English Standard Version
Warning Against Worldliness
4 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions[a] are (A)at war within you?[b] 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask (B)wrongly, to spend it on your passions. 4 (C)You adulterous people![c] Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? (D)Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit (E)that he has made to dwell in us”? 6 But (F)he gives more grace. Therefore it says, (G)“God opposes the proud but (H)gives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. (I)Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 (J)Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. (K)Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and (L)purify your hearts, (M)you double-minded. 9 (N)Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 (O)Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
11 (P)Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.[d] The one who speaks against a brother or (Q)judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is only (R)one lawgiver and (S)judge, he who is able to save and (T)to destroy. But (U)who are you to judge your neighbor?
Boasting About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, (V)“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For (W)you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, (X)“If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. (Y)All such boasting is evil. 17 (Z)So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Footnotes
- James 4:1 Greek pleasures; also verse 3
- James 4:1 Greek in your members
- James 4:4 Or You adulteresses!
- James 4:11 Or brothers and sisters
James 4
Jubilee Bible 2000
4 ¶ Where do the wars and disputes come from among you? Is it not from here, that is to say, of your lusts which fight in your members?
2 Ye covet and have not; ye murder, and have envy and cannot obtain; ye fight and war and have not that which ye desire because ye ask not.
3 Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your pleasures.
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore that desires to be a friend of the world, makes himself the enemy of God.
5 Do ye think that the scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us lusts to envy?
6 But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.
7 Submit yourselves, therefore, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11 ¶ Murmur not against one another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a keeper of the law, but a judge.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou to judge another?
13 Come now, ye that say, Today and tomorrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year and buy and sell and get gain;
14 and ye do not know what shall be tomorrow. For what is your life? Certainly it is a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
15 Ye ought to say instead, If the Lord wills, and if we live, we shall do this or that.
16 But now ye boast in your arrogance; all such glory is evil.
17 Therefore sin is still in the one that knows to do good and does not do it.
Santiago 4
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Huwag Ibigin ang Mundo
4 Ano ba ang pinagmumulan ng mga pag-aaway at alitan ninyo? Hindi baʼt ang masasamang kagustuhan na naglalaban-laban sa puso nʼyo? 2 May mga ninanais kayo pero hindi nʼyo makamtan, kaya handa kayong pumatay dahil dito. May mga gusto kayong makuha at kapag hindi ito nangyari, nag-aaway-away kayo. Hindi nʼyo nakakamtan ang mga ninanais nʼyo dahil hindi kayo humihingi sa Dios. 3 At kung humihingi naman kayo, wala kayong natatanggap dahil humihingi kayo nang may masamang motibo para mapagbigyan ang sarili nʼyong kasiyahan. 4 Kayong mga hindi tapat sa Dios, hindi nʼyo ba alam na kaaway ng Dios ang umiibig sa mundo? Kaya ang sinumang nagnanais makipagkaibigan sa mundo ay ginagawa niyang kaaway ng Dios ang sarili niya. 5 Huwag ninyong isipin na walang kabuluhan ang sinasabi ng Kasulatan, “Ayaw ng Espiritung pinatira sa atin na may kaagaw sa pag-ibig niya.”[a] 6 Ngunit sapat ang biyayang ibinigay ng Dios. Kaya nga sinasabi sa Kasulatan, “Kinakalaban ng Dios ang mga mapagmataas, pero kinakaawaan niya ang mapagpakumbaba.”[b]
7 Kaya magpasakop kayo sa Dios. Labanan nʼyo ang diyablo at lalayo ito sa inyo. 8 Lumapit kayo sa Dios at lalapit din siya sa inyo. Kayong mga makasalanan, mamuhay kayo nang malinis. At kayong mga nagdadalawang-isip, linisin nʼyo ang inyong puso. 9 Maging malungkot kayo at maghinagpis dahil sa mga kasalanan nʼyo. Palitan nʼyo ng pagdadalamhati ang pagsasaya ninyo. 10 Magpakumbaba kayo sa harapan ng Panginoon, at itataas niya kayo.
Paalala sa Paghuhusga sa Kapwa
11 Mga kapatid, huwag ninyong siraan ang isaʼt isa. Ang naninira o humahatol sa kapatid niya ay nagsasalita laban sa Kautusan at humahatol sa Kautusan. At kung ikaw ang humahatol sa Kautusan, hindi ka na tagatupad nito kundi isa nang hukom. 12 Ngunit ang Dios lang ang nagbigay ng Kautusan at siya lamang ang hukom. Tanging siya ang may kakayahang magligtas at magparusa.[c] Kaya sino ka para husgahan ang kapwa mo?
Paalala sa Pagmamalaki
13 Makinig kayo sa akin, kayong nagsasabi, “Ngayon o bukas, pupunta kami sa isang bayan. Mamamalagi kami roon ng isang taon, magnenegosyo, at kikita ng malaki.” 14 Sa katunayan, hindi nʼyo alam kung ano ang mangyayari sa inyo bukas. Sapagkat ang buhay ay parang hamog na lilitaw nang sandali at mawawala pagkatapos. 15 Kaya nga, ito ang dapat ninyong sabihin: “Kung loloobin ng Panginoon at mabubuhay pa tayo, ganito o kaya ganoon ang gagawin natin.” 16 Ngunit sa ngayon, nagmamalaki at nagmamayabang kayo. Ang ganyang pagyayabang ay masama.
17 Kung alam ng isang tao ang mabuti na dapat niyang gawin, pero hindi naman ginagawa, nagkakasala siya.
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