5Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
5Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
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.
4:5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
4:5Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?
4:5Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?
4:5Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?
4:5Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?
4:5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
4:5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, |The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously|?
4:5Do ye think that emptily the Writing saith, 'To envy earnestly desireth the spirit that did dwell in us,'
4:5Do you think that the scripture said in vain, The spirit that dwells in us lusts to envy?