World English Bible
"Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?"
— James 4:5, World English 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 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 don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.
You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
Be subject therefore 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 purify your hearts, you double-minded.