James 4
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Greek New Testament: Byzantine Text (Robinson–Pierpont 2018)
1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
1ποθεν πολεμοι και μαχαι εν υμιν ουκ εντευθεν εκ των ηδονων υμων των στρατευομενων εν τοισ μελεσιν υμων
2You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
2επιθυμειτε και ουκ εχετε φονευετε και ζηλουτε και ου δυνασθε επιτυχειν μαχεσθε και πολεμειτε ουκ εχετε δια το μη αιτεισθαι υμασ
3And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
3αιτειτε και ου λαμβανετε διοτι κακωσ αιτεισθε ινα εν ταισ ηδοναισ υμων δαπανησητε
4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
4μοιχοι και μοιχαλιδεσ ουκ οιδατε οτι η φιλια του κοσμου εχθρα του θεου εστιν οσ αν ουν βουληθη φιλοσ ειναι του κοσμου εχθροσ του θεου καθισταται
5Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
5η δοκειτε οτι κενωσ η γραφη λεγει προσ φθονον επιποθει το 3588 T-NSN πνευμα 4151 N-NSN ο κατωκησεν εν ημιν
6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
6μειζονα δε διδωσιν χαριν διο λεγει ο θεοσ υπερηφανοισ αντιτασσεται ταπεινοισ δε διδωσιν χαριν
7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
7υποταγητε ουν τω θεω αντιστητε δε τω διαβολω και φευξεται αφ υμων
8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
8εγγισατε τω θεω και εγγιει υμιν καθαρισατε χειρασ αμαρτωλοι και αγνισατε καρδιασ διψυχοι
9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
9ταλαιπωρησατε και πενθησατε και κλαυσατε ο γελωσ υμων εισ πενθοσ μεταστραφητω και η χαρα εισ κατηφειαν
10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
10ταπεινωθητε ενωπιον του κυριου και υψωσει υμασ
11Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.
11μη καταλαλειτε αλληλων αδελφοι ο καταλαλων αδελφου και κρινων τον αδελφον αυτου καταλαλει νομου και κρινει νομον ει δε νομον κρινεισ ουκ ει ποιητησ νομου αλλα κριτησ
12There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
12εισ εστιν ο νομοθετησ ο δυναμενοσ σωσαι και απολεσαι συ δε τισ ει οσ κρινεισ τον ετερον
13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
13αγε νυν οι λεγοντεσ σημερον και αυριον πορευσωμεθα εισ τηνδε την πολιν και ποιησωμεν εκει ενιαυτον ενα και εμπορευσωμεθα και κερδησωμεν
14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
14οιτινεσ ουκ επιστασθε το τησ αυριον ποια γαρ η ζωη υμων ατμισ γαρ εσται η προσ ολιγον φαινομενη επειτα δε και αφανιζομενη
15Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
15αντι του λεγειν υμασ εαν ο κυριοσ θεληση και ζησωμεν και ποιησωμεν τουτο η εκεινο
16As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
16νυν δε καυχασθε εν ταισ αλαζονειαισ υμων πασα καυχησισ τοιαυτη πονηρα εστιν
17Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
17ειδοτι ουν καλον ποιειν και μη ποιουντι αμαρτια αυτω εστιν
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