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James 4:3-5
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3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.(A) 4 Adulterers![a] Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.(B) 5 Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the spirit that God caused to dwell[b] in us desire envy?(C)

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  1. 4.4 Gk Adulterous women; other ancient authorities read Adulterous men and women
  2. 4.5 Other ancient authorities read the spirit that dwells
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