James 4:7
5 Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
6 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.
8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
9 Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- KJV
- Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- WEB
- Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- ASV
- Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- DARBY
- Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- BLB
- Therefore subject yourselves to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you⁺.
- ÅB
- Vær derfor Gud undergitt! Men stå djevelen imot, og han skal flykte fra dere;
- OTB
- Så, underordne dere under Guds myndighet. Stå imot djevelen, og han vil flykte fra dere.
- B1930
- Vær derfor Gud undergitt! Men stå djevelen imot, og han skal fly fra eder;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 5:8–9
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Read in contextEphesians 4:27
and do not give the devil a foothold.
Read in contextEphesians 6:11–12
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Read in context1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
Read in contextLuke 4:2–13
where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
Read in contextMatthew 4:3–11
The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
Read in contextHebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
Read in contextRomans 10:3
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
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