James 4:5-10

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁵ Do you think this passage means nothing? It says, “The Spirit that lives in us wants us to be his own.”

⁶ But God shows us even more kindness.^[a] Scripture says,

⁷ So place yourselves under God’s authority. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you. ⁸ Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters. ⁹ Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into gloom. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the Lord’s presence. Then he will give you a high position.