| 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. | You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. |
| 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. | Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not 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. |
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| Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. | Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. |
| Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. | Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. |
| Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. | Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up. |
| There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? | There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another? |
