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James 4

The Message Bible MSG

1 Where do you think all these appalling wars and quarrels come from? Do you think they just happen? Think again. They come about because you want your own way, and fight for it deep inside yourselves.

2 You lust for what you don't have and are willing to kill to get it. You want what isn't yours and will risk violence to get your hands on it.

3 And why not? Because you know you'd be asking for what you have no right to. You're spoiled children, each wanting your own way.

4 You're cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you end up enemies of God and his way.

5 And do you suppose God doesn't care? The proverb has it that "he's a fiercely jealous lover."

6 And what he gives in love is far better than anything else you'll find. It's common knowledge that "God goes against the willful proud; God gives grace to the willing humble."

7 So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him scamper.

8 Say a quiet yes to God and he'll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field.

9 Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious.

10 Get down on your knees before the Master; it's the only way you'll get on your feet.

11 Don't bad-mouth each other, friends. It's God's Word, his Message, his Royal Rule, that takes a beating in that kind of talk. You're supposed to be honoring the Message, not writing graffiti all over it.

12 God is in charge of deciding human destiny. Who do you think you are to meddle in the destiny of others?

13 And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, "Today - at the latest, tomorrow - we're off to such and such a city for the year. We're going to start a business and make a lot of money."

14 You don't know the first thing about tomorrow. You're nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing.

15 Instead, make it a habit to say, "If the Master wills it and we're still alive, we'll do this or that."

16 As it is, you are full of your grandiose selves. All such vaunting self-importance is evil.

17 In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don't do it, that, for you, is evil.

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 unde bella et lites in vobis nonne hinc ex concupiscentiis vestris quae militant in membris vestris

2 concupiscitis et non habetis occiditis et zelatis et non potestis adipisci litigatis et belligeratis non habetis propter quod non postulatis

3 petitis et non accipitis eo quod male petatis ut in concupiscentiis vestris insumatis

4 adulteri nescitis quia amicitia huius mundi inimica est Dei quicumque ergo voluerit amicus esse saeculi huius inimicus Dei constituitur

5 aut putatis quia inaniter scriptura dicat ad invidiam concupiscit Spiritus qui inhabitat in nobis

6 maiorem autem dat gratiam propter quod dicit Deus superbis resistit humilibus autem dat gratiam

7 subditi igitur estote Deo resistite autem diabolo et fugiet a vobis

8 adpropiate Domino et adpropinquabit vobis emundate manus peccatores et purificate corda duplices animo

9 miseri estote et lugete et plorate risus vester in luctum convertatur et gaudium in maerorem

10 humiliamini in conspectu Domini et exaltabit vos

11 nolite detrahere de alterutrum fratres qui detrahit fratri aut qui iudicat fratrem suum detrahit legi et iudicat legem si autem iudicas legem non es factor legis sed iudex

12 unus est legislator et iudex qui potest perdere et liberare tu autem quis es qui iudicas proximum

13 ecce nunc qui dicitis hodie aut crastino ibimus in illam civitatem et faciemus quidem ibi annum et mercabimur et lucrum faciemus

14 qui ignoratis quid erit in crastinum quae enim est vita vestra vapor est ad modicum parens deinceps exterminatur

15 pro eo ut dicatis si Dominus voluerit et vixerimus faciemus hoc aut illud

16 nunc autem exultatis in superbiis vestris omnis exultatio talis maligna est

17 scienti igitur bonum facere et non facienti peccatum est illi