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


In Context

4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you 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.

5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, |The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously|?

6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, |God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.|

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

8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

9 Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:7Submit yourselves, then, 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 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.