1From where {whence} come wars and fightings among you? Come they not here, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2Ye lust, and have not; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever, therefore, will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The Spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6But He giveth more grace. Wherefore He saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

7Submit yourselves, therefore, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw near {nigh} to God, and He will draw near {nigh} to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. 9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up.

11Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12There is one Lawgiver, Who is able to save and to destroy. Who art thou that judgest another?

13Come {Go to} now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain; 14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the next day {morrow}. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15For ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. 16But now ye rejoice in your boastings; all such rejoicing is evil. 17Therefore, to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.