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James 4:4-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

4 Adulterers![a] Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.(A) 5 Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the spirit that God caused to dwell[b] in us desire envy?(B) 6 But God gives all the more grace; therefore it says,

“God opposes the proud
    but gives grace to the humble.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.4 Gk Adulterous women; other ancient authorities read Adulterous men and women
  2. 4.5 Other ancient authorities read the spirit that dwells
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