James 4:1,7-8

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James 4:1-2 The Message (MSG)

Where do you think all these appalling wars and quarrels come from? Do you think they just happen? Think again. They come about because you want your own way, and fight for it deep inside yourselves. You lust for what you don’t have and are willing to kill to get it. You want what isn’t yours and will risk violence to get your hands on it.

James 4:7-10-7-10 The Message (MSG)

So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him make himself scarce. Say a quiet yes to God and he’ll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it’s the only way you’ll get on your feet.

James 4:1 King James Version (KJV)

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

James 4:7-8 King James Version (KJV)

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

James 4:1 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?

James 4:7-8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

James 4:1 New Century Version (NCV)

Do you know where your fights and arguments come from? They come from the selfish desires that war within you.

James 4:7-8 New Century Version (NCV)

So give yourselves completely to God. Stand against the devil, and the devil will run from you. Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure.

James 4:1 American Standard Version (ASV)

Whence come wars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

James 4:7-8 American Standard Version (ASV)

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

James 4:1 New International Version (NIV)

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?

James 4:7-8 New International Version (NIV)

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

James 4:1 New King James Version (NKJV)

Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?

James 4:7-8 New King James Version (NKJV)

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

James 4:1 Amplified Bible (AMP)

What leads to [the unending] quarrels and conflicts among you? Do they not come from your [hedonistic] desires that wage war in your [bodily] members [fighting for control over you]?

James 4:7-8 Amplified Bible (AMP)

So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him] and he will flee from you. Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your [unfaithful] hearts, you double-minded [people].

James 4:1 New Living Translation (NLT)

What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you?

James 4:7-8 New Living Translation (NLT)

So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.

James 4:1 The Passion Translation (TPT)

What is the cause of your conflicts and quarrels with each other? Doesn’t the battle begin inside of you as you fight to have your own way and fulfill your own desires?

James (Jacob) 4:7-8 The Passion Translation (TPT)

So then, surrender to God. Stand up to the devil and resist him and he will flee in agony. Move your heart closer and closer to God, and he will come even closer to you. But make sure you cleanse your life, you sinners, and keep your heart pure and stop doubting.

James 4:1 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

James 4:7-8 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.