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James 4:5 KJV
James · chapter 4 · verse 5
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?James 4:5 · King James Version
James 4:5 in context
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?
6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Key words (Strong's)
- scripturegraphēa writing, thing written, the Scripture, used to denote either the book itself, or its…G1124 →
- dwellethkatoikeōto dwell, settle, metaph. divine powers, influences, etc., are said to dwell in his soul…G2730 →
- lustethepipotheōto long for, desire, to pursue with love, to long after, to lust, harbour forbidden desireG1971 →
- spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- thinkdokeōto be of opinion, think, suppose, to seem, to be accounted, reputed, it seems to me, I…G1380 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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The former chapter speaks of envying one another, as the great spring of strifes and contentions; this chapter speaks of a lust after worldly things, and a setting too great a value upon worldly pleasures and friendships, as that which carried their divisions to a shameful height. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10