What (causes) conflicts and - quarrels among you ? Don’t (they) (come) from (the) - passions - at war within you ... ... ?
You crave (what) {you do} not have ; you kill and covet , but vvv are unable to obtain (it). You quarrel and fight. vvv You do not have , because you {do} not - ask.
(And when) you do ask ... , {you do} not receive , because you ask with wrong motives , that you may squander (it) on your - pleasures.
(You) adulteresses ! vvv Do you not know that - friendship with the world is hostility (toward) God ? Therefore , whoever ... chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy - of God.
Or do you think - the Scripture says without reason (that) the Spirit - He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy ?
But He gives (us) more grace. This is why it says : “ - God opposes (the) proud , but gives grace to (the) humble.”
Submit yourselves , then , - 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.
Grieve , - mourn , and weep. Turn your - laughter to mourning , and (your) joy to gloom.
Humble yourselves before (the) Lord , and He will exalt you.
Brothers , [[Lexicon/G3301-3400#G3361|{do] not]] slander one another. Anyone who speaks against (his) brother or Judges - vvv vvv (him) speaks against (the) law and Judges - (it). And if you judge (the) law , you are not a practitioner of (the) law , but a judge (of it).
There is - only one Lawgiver and Judge , the (One who) is able to save and destroy. But who are you - to judge (your) neighbor ?
Come now , you who say , “ Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that - city , - spend a year there , - carry on business , and make a profit. ”
You do not even know ... what (will happen) vvv tomorrow ! What (is) your - life ? - You are a mist vvv vvv that appears for a little (while) and then vanishes.
Instead , you (ought) - to say , “ If the Lord is willing , - we will live and do this or that. ”
vvv As it is , you boast in your - proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
Anyone , then , who knows (the) right thing to do , yet fails to do (it) , is guilty of sin.