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6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
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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.”
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
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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.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
11 Speak 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.
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Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
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There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?
13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
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Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”
14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
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Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
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Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
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As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
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