You lust and do not have, so you commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. | You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask. |
You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. | You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
Submit therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. | Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. |
Come close to God and He will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. | Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded. |
Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you. | Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you. |
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you, judging your neighbor? | Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another? |
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