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James 4:1-3 KJV
James · chapter 4 · verses 1–3 · King James Version
1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2Ye 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. 3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.James 4:1-3 · King James Version
James 4:1-3 in context
1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
2Ye 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.
3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Cross references
- 1 Peter 2:11
- Galatians 5:17
- Romans 7:23
- James 1:14
- Romans 8:7
- 1 John 2:15-17
- Jeremiah 17:9
- Jude 1:16-18
- John 16:24
- Matthew 7:7-8
- James 1:5
- Luke 11:9-13
Key words (Strong's)
- fightingsmachēa fight or combat, of those in arms, a battle, of persons at variance, disputants etc…G3163 →
- receivelambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- consumedapanaōto incur expense, expend, spend, in a bad sense to waste, squander, consumeG1159 →
- whencepothenof place from where, from what condition, of origin or source from what author or giver…G4159 →
- cannotouno, not in direct questions expecting an affirmative answerG3756 →
- cannotdynamaito be able, have power whether by virtue of one s own ability and resources, or of a…G1410 →
- obtainepitygchanōto light or hit upon any person or thing, to attain to, obtainG2013 →
- amongenin, by, with etcG1722 →
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