Bible in Basic English
"Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?"
— James 4:5, Bible in Basic English
“Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?”
“Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying? ”
“Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?”
“Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,“The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?”
“Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?”
“Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?”
You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it.
You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.
O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?
But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.