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James 4:3-5
American Standard Version
James 4:3-5
American Standard Version
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures. 4 Ye [a]adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God. 5 Or think ye that the scripture [b]speaketh in vain? [c]Doth the spirit which [d]he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
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- James 4:4 That is, who break your marriage vow to God.
- James 4:5 Or, saith in vain,
- James 4:5 Or, The Spirit which he made to dwell in us he yearneth for even unto jealous envy. Compare Jer. 3:14; Hos. 2:19f. Or, That Spirit which he made to dwell in us yearneth for us even unto jealous envy.
- James 4:5 Some ancient authorities read dwelleth in us.
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