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Or, do you think that Scripture has no reason for saying that the Spirit, who lives in us,[a] yearns jealously?[b] But he gives greater grace! That is why it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”[c]

So, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

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  1. James 4:5 Some witnesses to the text read that he caused to live in us.
  2. James 4:5 Or strongly opposes envy
  3. James 4:6 Proverbs 3:34

Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us[a]?(A) But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[b](B)

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

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  1. James 4:5 Or that the spirit he caused to dwell in us envies intensely; or that the Spirit he caused to dwell in us longs jealously
  2. James 4:6 Prov. 3:34