Can't remember where exactly a Bible book is? Just click the LETTER of the Book an quickly find your way through the Bible. Now you can keep up with your Pastor during any sermon!
Bible Fast Nav
       

James Chapter 4 : 1-10 - World English Bible [WEB]

  • World English Bible [WEB]
American Standard Version [ASV] King James Version [KJV] Webster's Bible [WB] World English Bible [WEB]
  • 1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
  • 2 You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.
  • 3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
  • 4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
  • 5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"?
  • 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
  • 7 Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  • 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 Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
  • 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
World English Bible [WEB]
  • American Standard Version [ASV]
American Standard Version [ASV] King James Version [KJV] Webster's Bible [WB] World English Bible [WEB]
  • 1 Whence [come] wars and whence [come] fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your pleasures that war in your members?
  • 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
  • 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend [it] in your pleasures.
  • 4 Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
  • 5 Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
  • 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore [the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
  • 7 Be subject therefore unto God; but 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 doubleminded.
  • 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 exalt you.
American Standard Version [ASV]

The book of James has 5 chapters.
James chapter 4 has 17 verses.



What is the Sinner's Prayer for Salvation?

The sinners prayer is a common Christian term for a prayer that is said when someone wants to repent of their sin, ask God for forgiveness, and verbally state their belief in the life, death, and saving resurrection of Jesus Christ.

"For, if with your lips you acknowledge the truth of the message that JESUS IS LORD, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with their hearts people believe and so attain to righteousness, while with their lips they make their Profession of faith and so find salvation." Romans 10:9-10

Christ's death on the cross paid in full the debt of our sin. Action must be taken to take hold of the gift.

Dear God, I know that I am a sinner and there is nothing that I can do to save myself. I confess my complete helplessness to forgive my own sin or to work my way to heaven through any good works. At this moment I trust Christ alone and receive by faith all Grace purchased by Jesus as the One who bore my sin when He died on the cross. I believe that He did all that will ever be necessary for me to stand in your holy presence. I thank you that Christ was raised from the dead as a guarantee of my own resurrection. As best as I can, I now transfer my trust to Him and by my faith take hold of His grace and love for me. I am grateful that He has promised to receive me despite my many sins and failures. Thank you for your word that will guide me as to how I should live my remaining days. Please grant me the wisdom to discern correctly and motivation to grow my faith, obedience, understanding, appreciation, and love for you. Thank you for your Grace and mercy that I do not deserve. Thank you that my salvation is not based on my level of performance in my short life but in my receiving what your victory on the cross did pay for. Thank you that I can receive by my faith alone, your glorious gift of salvation. Thank you for hearing this prayer and for saving me. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.