1

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

2

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

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.

5

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.

8

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.

9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

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