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James 4

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1 Why do you fight and argue among yourselves? Isn’t it because of your sinful desires? They fight within you. 2 You want something, but you don’t have it. So you kill. You want what others have, but you can’t get what you want. So you argue and fight. You don’t have what you want, because you don’t ask God. 3 When you do ask for something, you don’t receive it. That’s because you ask for the wrong reason. You want to spend your money on your sinful pleasures. 4 You are not faithful to God. Don’t you know that to be a friend of the world is to hate God? So anyone who chooses to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy. 5 Don’t you know what Scripture says? God wants the spirit in us to belong only to him. God caused this spirit to live in us. Don’t you think Scripture has a reason for saying this? 6 But God continues to give us more grace. That’s why Scripture says, ‘God opposes those who are proud. But he gives grace to those who are humble.’ (Pr 3:34) 7 So obey God. Stand up to the devil. He will run away from you. 8 Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners. Make your hearts pure, you who can’t make up your minds. 9 Be full of sorrow. Cry and weep. Change your laughter to mourning. Change your joy to sadness. 10 Be humble in front of the Lord. And he will lift you up. 11 My brothers and sisters, don’t speak against one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister speaks against the law. And anyone who judges another believer judges the law. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it. Instead, you are acting as if you were its judge. 12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge. He is the God who is able to save life or destroy it. But who are you to judge your neighbour? 13 Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city. We will spend a year there. We will buy and sell and make money.’ 14 You don’t even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist that appears for a little while. Then it disappears. 15 Instead, you should say, ‘If it pleases the Lord, we will live and do this or that.’ 16 As it is, you boast. You boast about the evil plans your pride produces. This kind of boasting is evil. 17 So suppose someone knows the good deeds they should do. But suppose they don’t do them. By not doing these good deeds, they sin. 

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James 4

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1 Откъде произлизат боеве и откъде – препирни, между вас? Не е ли оттам – от вашите сладострастия, които воюват в телесните ви части? (Ro 7:23; Ga 5:17; 1Pe 2:11) 2 Пожелавате, но нямате; ревнувате и завиждате, но не можете да получите; карате се и се биете; но нямате, защото не просите. 3 Просите и не получавате, защото зле просите, за да пилеете във вашите сладострастия. (Job 27:9; Job 35:12; Ps 18:41; Ps 66:18; Pr 1:28; Isa 1:15; Jer 11:11; Mic 3:4; Zec 7:13; 1Jo 3:22; 1Jo 5:14) 4 Прелюбодейци! Не знаете ли, че приятелството със света е вражда против Бога? И тъй, който иска да бъде приятел на света, става враг на Бога. (Ps 73:27; Joh 15:19; Joh 17:14; Ga 1:10; 1Jo 2:15) 5 Или мислите, че без нужда казва Писанието, че „Бог и до завист ревнува за духа, който е вселил в нас“? (Ge 8:21; Nu 11:29; Pr 21:10; Ga 5:17) 6 Но Той дава една по-голяма благодат; затова казва: „Бог на горделивите се противи, а на смирените дава благодат.“ (Job 22:29; Ps 138:6; Pr 3:34; Pr 29:23; Mt 23:12; Lu 1:52; Lu 14:11; Lu 18:14; 1Pe 5:5) 7 И така, покорявайте се на Бога, но се противете на дявола и той ще бяга от вас. (Eph 4:27; Eph 6:11; 1Pe 5:9) 8 Приближавайте се към Бога и Той ще се приближава към вас. Измивайте ръцете си, вие, грешни, и очиствайте сърцата си, вие, колебливи. (2Ch 15:2; Isa 1:15; Isa 1:16; Jas 1:8; 1Pe 1:22; 1Jo 3:3) 9 Тъжете, ридайте и плачете; смехът ви нека се обърне на плач и радостта ви в тъга. (Mt 5:4) 10 Смирявайте се пред Господа и Той ще ви въздига. (Job 22:29; Mt 23:12; Lu 14:11; Lu 18:14; 1Pe 5:6) 11 Не се одумвайте един друг, братя; който одумва брат или съди брат си, злослови закона и съди закона; а ако съдиш закона, не си изпълнител на закона, а съдия. (Mt 7:1; Lu 6:37; Ro 2:1; 1Co 4:5; Eph 4:31; 1Pe 2:1) 12 Само Един е законодател и съдия, Който може да спаси и да погуби; а ти кой си, та съдиш ближния си? (Mt 10:28; Ro 14:4; Ro 14:13) 13 Слушайте сега, вие, които казвате: Днес или утре ще отидем в еди-кой си град, ще останем там една година и ще търгуваме, и ще спечелим, (Pr 27:1; Lu 12:18) 14 когато вие не знаете какво ще бъде утре. Какво е животът ви? Защото вие сте пара, която се явява за малко и после изчезва. (Job 7:7; Ps 102:3; Pr 27:1; Jas 1:10; 1Pe 1:24; 1Jo 2:17) 15 Вместо това вие трябва да казвате: Ако иска Господ, ние ще живеем и ще направим това или онова. (Ac 18:20; 1Co 4:19; 1Co 16:7; Heb 6:3) 16 Но сега се хвалите с високомерие. Всяка такава хвалба е зло. (1Co 5:6) 17 И така, ако някой знае да прави добро и не го прави, той си навлича грях. (Mt 5:10; Mt 5:11; Mt 10:22; Lu 12:47; Joh 9:41; Joh 15:22; Ro 1:20; Ro 1:21; Ro 1:32; Ro 2:17; Ro 2:18; Ro 2:23) 

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