7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.


In Context

4 You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?

6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.

James 4:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Be subject therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.