James 4:4-5
GOD’S WORD Translation
4 You unfaithful people! Don’t you know that love for this ⌞evil⌟ world is hatred toward God? Whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God. 5 Do you think this passage means nothing? It says, “The Spirit that lives in us wants us to be his own.”
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James 4:4-5
The Voice
4 You are adulterers. Don’t you know that making friends with this corrupt world order is open aggression toward God? So anyone who aligns with this bogus world system is declaring war against the one true God. 5 Do you think it is empty rhetoric when the Scriptures say, “The spirit that lives in us is addicted to envy and jealousy”?[a]
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James 4:4-5
New American Standard Bible
4 You (A)adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with (B)the world is (C)hostility toward God? (D)Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think that the Scripture (E)says to no purpose, “[a]He [b]jealously desires (F)the Spirit whom He has made to dwell in us”?
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Santiago 4:4-5
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
4 ¡Oh almas adúlteras[a](A)! ¿No saben ustedes que la amistad del mundo(B) es enemistad hacia Dios(C)? Por tanto, el que quiere ser amigo del mundo, se constituye enemigo de Dios(D). 5 ¿O piensan que la Escritura dice en vano(E): «Dios celosamente anhela[b] el Espíritu(F) que ha hecho morar en nosotros?».
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- Santiago 4:4 O infieles.
- Santiago 4:5 Lit. anhela hasta los celos.
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