James 4:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ So ·give yourselves completely [submit] to God. ·Stand against [Resist] the devil [1 Pet. 5:9], and the devil will ·run [flee] from you. ⁸ Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, ·clean sin out of your lives [^Lcleanse/purify your hands; ^Ca metaphor for cleaning up your behavior]. ·You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time [^LYou double-minded ones], ·make your thinking pure [^Lpurify your hearts; ^Ca metaphor for cleaning up your interior life]. ⁹ ·Be sad [Lament], ·cry [mourn], and weep! Change your laughter into ·crying [mourning] and your joy into ·sadness [gloom; sorrow].