NET Bible
"Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,“The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?"
— James 4:5, NET Bible
“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 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 desire and you do not have; you murder and envy and you cannot obtain; you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask;
you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.
Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.
Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says,“The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?
But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says,“God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”
So submit to God. But 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 make your hearts pure, you double-minded.