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James 4:5

The Holy SpiritGod's love

3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

4 Ye 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.

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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BSB
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
KJV
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
WEB
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?
ASV
Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
DARBY
Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?
BLB
Or do you⁺ think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit that He made to dwell in us yearns with envy”?
ÅB
Eller mener dere at Skriften taler fåfengt? Med nidkjærhet attrår han den ånd han lot bo i oss, men dess større er den nåde han gir.
OTB
Eller tror dere at Skriften taler uten grunn når den sier at Han nidkjært ønsker den ånd Han har latt bo i oss?
B1930
Eller mener I at Skriften taler fåfengt? Med nidkjærhet attrår han den ånd han lot bo i oss, men dess større er den nåde han gir.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 6:16

    And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:19

    What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

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  • Numbers 11:29

    And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’s people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!

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  • Titus 3:3

    For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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  • Psalms 37:1

    Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

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  • Genesis 8:21

    And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

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