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   [2] For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the   
   same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.   
   [3] Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we   
   turn about their whole body.   
   [4] Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of   
   fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm,   
   whithersoever the governor listeth.   
   [5] Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.   
   Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!   
   [6] And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among   
   our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course   
   of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.   
   [7] For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things   
   in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:   
   [8] But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly   
   poison.   
   [9] Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men,   
   which are made after the similitude of God.   
   [10] Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren,   
   these things ought not so to be.   
   [11] Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?   
   [12] Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs?   
   so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.   
      
   The Wisdom From Above   
      
   13 (Jas 2:18; 1:21) Who is wise and understanding among you?   
   Let him show his works by his good life in the meekness of wisdom.   
   14 (Jas 3:16; 2Co 12:20) But if you have bitter envying and strife   
   in your hearts, do not boast and do not lie against the truth.   
   15 (Jas 1:17; Jude 1:19) This wisdom descends not from above,   
   but is earthly, unspiritual, and devilish.   
   16 (1Co 3:3; Jas 3:14) For where there is envying and strife,   
   there is confusion and every evil work.   
   17 (Ro 12:9; Jas 2:4) But the wisdom that is from above is first pure,   
   then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits,   
   without partiality, and without hypocrisy.   
   18 (Pr 11:18; Mt 5:9) And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace   
   by those who make peace.   
      
   [13] Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out   
   of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.   
   [14] But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and   
   lie not against the truth.   
   [15] This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual,   
   devilish.   
   [16] For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil   
   work.   
   [17] But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,   
   gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without   
   partiality, and without hypocrisy.   
   [18] And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make   
   peace.   
      
   James 4   
   Friendship With the World   
      
   1 (Ro 7:23; 1Pe 2:11) Where do wars and fights among you come from?   
   Do they not come from your lusts that war in your body?   
   2 You lust and do not have, so you kill.   
   You desire to have and cannot obtain. You fight and war.   
   Yet you do not have, because you do not ask.   
   3 (1Jn 5:14; 3:22) You ask, and do not receive, because you ask amiss,   
   that you may spend it on your passions.   
   4 (Jn 15:19; Ro 8:7) You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know   
   that the friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore   
   will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.   
   5 Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "He yearns jealously   
   for the spirit that lives in us"(The source of this quotation is uncertain.)?   
   6 (Pr 3:34; 1Pe 5:5) But He gives more grace. For this reason it says:   
   "God resists the proud,   
   but gives grace to the humble."(Pr 3:34.)   
   7 (Eph 4:27; 1Pe 5:8-9) Therefore submit yourselves to God.   
   Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.   
   8 (2Ch 15:2; Jas 1:8) Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.   
   Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.   
   9 (Lk 6:25; Pr 14:13) Grieve and mourn and weep.   
   Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to dejection.   
   10 (Mt 23:12) Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,   
   and He will lift you up.   
      
   [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.   
   [10] Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.   
      
   Judging a Brother   
      
   11 (1Pe 2:1; Jas 5:9) Do not speak evil of one another, brothers.   
   He who speaks evil of his brother and judges his brother speaks   
   evil of the law and judges the law. If you judge the law,   
   you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.   
   12 (Mt 10:28; Ro 14:4; Isa 33:22) There is one Lawgiver who is able   
   to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?   
      
   [11] Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his   
   brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the   
   law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.   
   [12] There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou   
   that judgest another?   
      
   Warning Against Boasting   
      
   13 (Pr 27:1; Jas 5:1) Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow   
   we will go into this city, spend a year there, buy and sell,   
   and make a profit,"   
   14 (Ps 102:3; 39:5) whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow.   
   What is your life? It is just a vapor that appears for a little while   
   and then vanishes away.   
   15 (Ac 18:21) Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills,   
   we shall live and do this or that."   
   16 (1Co 5:6) But now you are rejoicing in your boastings.   
   All such rejoicing is evil.   
   17 (Jn 9:41; Lk 12:47-48) Therefore, to him who knows to do good   
   and does not do it, it is sin.   
      
   [13] Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a   
   city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:   
   [14] Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life?   
   It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth   
   away.   
   [15] For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this,   
   or that.   
   [16] But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.   
   [17] Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it   
   is sin.   
      
   James 5   
      
   Warning to the Rich   
      
   1 (Pr 11:28; Isa 13:6) Come now, you rich men, weep and howl   
   for your miseries that shall come upon you.   
   2 (Job 13:28; Isa 50:9) Your riches are corrupted   
   and your garments are moth-eaten.   
   3 (Ro 2:5) Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be   
      
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