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You adulterous people,[a] don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
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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[b] ?
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But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”[c]
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Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.
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Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.