James 4:6
But he gives the more grace. Wherefore he says: God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
5Do ye think that the Scripture says in vain, the spirit he made to dwell in us has jealous longings?
7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
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 →