1 W hence wars and whence fightings among you? not thence,—from your pleasures, which war in your members?

¶ Where do the wars and disputes come from among you? From here that is to say, of your lusts which fight in your members?

2 Y e lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not.

Ye covet and have not; ye murder, and have envy and cannot obtain; ye fight and war and have not that which ye desire because ye ask not.

3 Y e ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume in your pleasures.

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

4 A dulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore that desires to be a friend of the world, makes himself the enemy of God.

5 T hink ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?

Do ye think that the scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us lusts to envy?

6 B ut he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against proud, but gives grace to lowly.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.

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

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

8 D raw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse hands, sinners, and purify hearts, ye double-minded.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

9 B e wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and joy to heaviness.

Be afflicted and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.

10 H umble yourselves before Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

11 S peak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against brother, or judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judgest law, thou art not doer of law, but judge.

¶ Murmur not against one another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a keeper of the law, but a judge.

12 O ne is the lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou who judgest thy neighbour?

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou to judge another?

13 G o to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,

Come now, ye that say, Today and tomorrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year and buy and sell and get gain;

14 y e who do not know what will be on the morrow, ( what your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)

and ye do not know what shall be tomorrow. For what is your life? Certainly it is a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

15 i nstead of your saying, If the Lord should will and we should live, we will also do this or that.

Ye ought to say instead, If the Lord wills, and if we live, we shall do this or that.

16 B ut now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

But now ye boast in your arrogance; all such glory is evil.

17 T o him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.

Therefore sin is still in the one that knows to do good and does not do it.