NASB
"Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: "He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"?"
— James 4:5, NASB
“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?”
“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?”
“Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?”
You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: "He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"?
But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, "GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE."
Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.