James 4:13 – 17 13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit” – 14yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring.  What is your life?  For you are a mist that appears for a little time […]

James 4:11 – 12 11Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.  The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law.  But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.  12There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who […]

James 4:7 – 10 7Submit yourselves therefore to God.  Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.  8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.  Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.  9Be wretched and mourn and weep.  Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.  10Humble yourselves before […]

James 4:1 – 6 1What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?  Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?  2You desire and do not have, so you murder.  You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.  You do not have, because you do not ask.  3You ask and do not receive, because […]