James 4

• A 1 "From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts"
  • B 2 "Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not"
• A' 3 "Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts"

Section 2 (4:4-5)

• A 4a "Ye adulterers and adulteresses"
  • B 4b "the friendship of the world is enmity with God / whosoever will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God"
• A' 5 "The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy"

Section 3 (4:6-10)

• A 6 "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble"
  • B 7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil"
    • C 8 "Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded"
  • B' 9 "Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep"
• A' 10 "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord"

Section 4 (4:11-12)

• A 11a "Speak not evil one of another"
  • B 11b "speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law"
  • B' 11c "if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge"
• A' 12 "who art thou that judgest another?"

Section 5 (4:13-16)

• A 13 "ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city...and get gain"
  • B 14a "ye know not what shall be on the morrow"
    • C 14b "what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away"
  • B' 15 "ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that"
• A' 16 "ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil"