James 4:2

Ye desire, and have not; ye kill, and envy, and can not obtain; ye fight and war. Ye have not, because ye ask not;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Ye 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.

In Context

1FROM whence are wars, and from whence are fightings among you? Are they not from hence, from your lusts that war in your members?

3ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

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Cross References

Luke 11:9I also say to you: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

John 16:24Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.

James 1:5But if any one of you is lacking in wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally, and upbraids not, and it will be given him.

Matthew Henry on James 4:2-11

Origin of War and Contention; Against Pride; Submission to God. ( a. d. 61.) 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye 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. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever… Read the whole commentary →

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