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Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit that dwells in us longs enviously”?

But it offers more grace, and therefore says, “God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.

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

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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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Footnotes

  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